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ID number: BIRBI-B0628 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: 540-541 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 4.20 Weight (g): 22.62 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0208. Glendining, 3rd May 1951. Ex lots 110/112. |

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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 XIIII (year 14). Off: A (1). Mint mark: NIK.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXVI AE118a, MIB 1 pl. 22 N114
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