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ID number: BIRBI-B0501 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: 561-562 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 15.89 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3855. A. H. Baldwin 17th July 1959. |
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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 ... PPAII (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ...NNO XXXЧ (year 35). Off: A (1). Mint mark: CCH.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XX AE58c, MIB I pl.20 95
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