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ID number: BIRBI-B0387 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-538 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 16.60 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0937. A. H. Baldwin March 1952 (Glendining 21st February 1952 ex Lot 220). |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: M, cross above, star in l. of field and cross in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTNII ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: None. Off: B (2). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: DOC I pl.XIV AE28b, MIB I pl.18 84
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