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ID number: BIRBI-B4394 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 694-695 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 8.82 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0265. Bought A. H. Baldwin 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Justinian II facing, wearing chlamys, and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and cross at l. shoulder. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IUSTINI…HЧs (Justinian) Reverse: …NO uIIII (year 9). Mint mark: C… . Off. A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III Justinian II pl.39 Küpfer 44.2; DOC II.2 Justinian II pl.XXXVII AE 18a.3
Notes: Coin is overstruck on coin of Constantine IV. Hand of Constantine IV holding spear visible at top r. of obv. And …NN… of ANNO present bottom r. of rev. Flan much larger than dies.
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