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ID number: BIRBI-B3641 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Justin I; Sicily; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily; Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-629; 522-527 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 15.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2832. F.S. Snow, Kingston, Middlesex, 18th September 1954. |

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Description: Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justin I facing r., wearing cuirass and paludamentum. (Countermark) Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown; monogram of Herakleios to the r. Reverse: (Original) M; cross above. A cross in the r. of the field; a cross in the l. of the field. (Countermark) None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: (Original) D N IVST … S PP AVC (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None. Mint mark: N … Control mark: None visible. (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.
Bibliography: (Original) MIB I 38a; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4
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