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ID number:  BIRBI-B0433
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:  539-540
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.80
Weight (g):  20.90
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2211. A. H. Baldwin 14th February 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XIII (year 13). Off: Γ (3). Mint mark: CON.

Bibliography:  DOC I. pl.XVI AE38c.3, MIB I pl.20 95a

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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