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ID number: BIRBI-B0448 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justinian I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 541-542 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.80 Weight (g): 21.07 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3098. G. de Falco, 29, Piazza Del Martiri, Naples. |

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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 IVS... ANVS PPAV (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧ (year 15). Off: A (1). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XVII AE40a.1, MIB I pl.20 95b
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