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ID number: BIRBI-B3642 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Justinian I; Sicily; Constantinople?; Nikomedia? Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily; Istanbul?; Nikomedia? Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-629; 527-537 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.2 Weight (g): 13.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1661. B.A. Seaby, December 1947. |
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Description: Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justinian I facing r., wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. (Countermark) Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, 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 star in the l. of the field. (Countermark) None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: (Original) … N IVS … ANVS PP … (Our lord Justinian, eternal). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None. Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.
Bibliography: (Original) MIB I 84 or 104; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4
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