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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4552ADD
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Justinian II; Sardinia
Denomination:  Half follis
Place made:  Sardinia
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  685-695
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  3.00
Axis (degrees):  0.00
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing, bearded, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: K.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: No inscription visible. Reverse: ƧTO S. Officina: Є (5).

Bibliography:  None.

Notes:  Overstruck on half follis of Constantine IV. This coin, found in the Barber’s addenda section, and apparently not viewed by Hahn, is an unpublished type, but is iconographically most similar to the Justinian II Sardinian base metal coins, on which grounds I have tentatively attributed this coin to that mint. The ƧTO (or arguably ƧΓO) may indicate Carthage (still for Justinian II, first reign).

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2 Related People

Justinian II
Byzantine
c. 668
7 November 711
Sardinia
Roman;Sardinian;Aragonese;Italian


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