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ID number: BIRBI-B4414 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): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.62 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1920. Bought Cunningham February 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: Justinian II standing facing, wearing helmet, holding spear in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: Justinian's monogram visible above M denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: …P(reversed)/A to l. of M denomination mark, K/OV/CI to r. (Syracuse). Mint Mark: SCL.
Bibliography: MIB III Justinian II pl.40 Küpfer 71; DOC II.2 pl.XXXIX AE61.2.
Notes: cf. DOC II.2 pl.XXXIX AE61.2, coin has cross in lower r. of field rather than plant
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