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ID number: BIRBI-B0537 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: Half follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 544-545 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 9.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2288. Spink, 7th July 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: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ... (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ...NO XЧIII (year 18). Off: Γ (3). Mint mark: None.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl.XXI AE65b, MIB I pl.20 96.2
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