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ID number: BIRBI-B0622 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): 4.20 Weight (g): 22.29 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0211. L.S. Forrer, August 1948. |
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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 XII (year 12). Off: B (2). Mint mark: NIK.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXV AE116b.1, MIB 1 pl. 22 112.2
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