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ID number: BIRBI-B4418 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: 694-695 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 5.56 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0033. G. C. Haines November 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: Justinian II standing facing, wearing chlamys and helmet with exaggerated crest, holding mappa/akakia across body in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand. Star in top l. of field and plant in bottom l. of field. Reverse: Justinian's mongram partially visible above M denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: INΔX(last two letters conjoined) +H+ (Indiction year 8). Mint Mark: SCL.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 pl.XXXIX AE63.
Notes: Overstruck, ear of corn visible upside-down on r. of rev. outside of die perimeter. Undertype is unclear.
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