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ID number: BIRBI-B0476 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: 547-548 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.40 Weight (g): 19.30 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5377. Spink November 1966, "from a Byzantine fort near Syria-Turkish border". |

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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 XXI (year 21). Off: Γ (3). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XIX AE45d.2, MIB I pl.20 95f
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