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ID number:  BIRBI-B0590
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Duke of Argyll
Maker:  Justinian I; Nikomedia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Izmit
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  545-546
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.70
Weight (g):  19.75
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0206. Ex Duke of Argyll collection, February 1951.
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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, chrismon above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧIIII (year 19). Off: A (1). Mint mark: NIKO.

Bibliography:  DOC I. pl. XXVII AE125a.2, MIB 1 pl. 22 113b

3 Related People

Nikomedia
Roman; Byzantine


Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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