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ID number: BIRBI-B0405 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): 3.30 Weight (g): 14.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5303. A. H. Baldwin 17th May 1966, from Syria via Istanbul. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: M, star in l. of field and cross on globe in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTIV ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: None. Off: ... Mint mark: ...N.
Bibliography: DOC I pl.XIV AE31b.1, MIB I pl.18 84
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