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ID number: BIRBI-B0576 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 538-539 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 4.40 Weight (g): 22.52 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0212. Hall Sale, November 1950, ex lot 2324. |

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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing curiass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XII (Year 12). Off: A (1). Mint mark: NIKO.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXV AE115a, MIB 1 pl. 22 112.1
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