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ID number:  BIRBI-B0285
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justin I; Justinian I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  527
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  15.73
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0314. Seaby December 1956.
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Description:  Obverse: Justin profile r. wearing diadem and paludamentum. Reverse: M, cross above, star in l. of field, cross in r. of field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: …E IVS...INIA…V (Our lords Justin and Justinian Emperors in perpetuity). Reverse: none. Off: Δ (4). Mint mark: …O…

Bibliography:  DOC I pl.XII AE10a, MIB I pl.12 4

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