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ID number: BIRBI-B3644 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 Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily; Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-629; 546-547 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.4 Weight (g): 14.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting Unnumbered. Spink, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justinian I facing, wearing cuirass, and helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield on l. arm. A cross in the r. of the field. (Countermark) Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown; monogram of Herakleios to the r. Reverse: (Original) M; cross above. (Countermark) None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: (Original) … N IVSTIN … NVS … AC (Our lord Justinian, Augustus). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) ANNO XX (Year 20). Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.
Bibliography: (Original) MIB I 95a; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4
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