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ID number: BIRBI-B0446 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: 539-541 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 4.00 Weight (g): 22.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4659. Spink March 1964. |

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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: D...STINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANN... XIIIIIII (year 14?). Off: B (2). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XVI AE38b.1, MIB I pl.20 95b
Notes: Double-struck on reverse.
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