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ID number: BIRBI-B4413 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian II; Syracuse Denomination: Follis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 685-695 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 3.80 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1938. Bought Seaby 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Justinian II standing facing, holding cross potent on steps in r. hand. Reverse: N and N of Justinian monogram visible above M denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible. Off. *. Mint Mark: SCL.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XXXIX AE60; MIB III Justinian II pl.40 Küpfer 69.
Notes: Coin is overstruck on a Constantine IV Syracuse follis DOC II.2 pl.XXXVI AE60.1. K of monogram on rev. cross from globus cruciger, r. hand and plume of helmet visible on obv.
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