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ID number: BIRBI-B4401 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Carthage Denomination: Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 686-687 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.30 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 1921. Hall sale November 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Justinian II facing, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: cross above arched M denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …ANYS PP AUGT (Justinian eternal Augustus) ANNO II (Year 2). Reverse: None visible. Mint Mark: KTS.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 Justinian II pl.XXXVIII AE 29; MIB III Justinian II pl.40 Küpfer 52
Notes: Unusually obv. Type including dating inscription, see DOC II.2 Justinian II pl.XXXVIII AE 29 and MIB III Justinian II pl.40 Küpfer 52, not overstruck. Also, addition of a S to mint
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