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ID number: BIRBI-B0613 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Boeotia Hoard Maker: Justinian I; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 556-557 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 17.89 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3369. E.S. Sepheriades, Athens, 1957. "From a hoard in Boeotia". |

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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 PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXX (year 30). Off: A (1). Mint mark: NIKO.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXIX AE136a.2, MIB 1 pl. 22 113b
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