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ID number: BIRBI-B0607 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: 553-554 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.60 Weight (g): 17.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0216. A.H. Baldwin, April 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, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...VSTINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXЧII (year 27). Off: B (2). Mint mark: NIKO.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXVIII AE133a.2, MIB 1 pl. 22 113b
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