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ID number: BIRBI-B0631 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: Half-Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-538 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 8.64 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5425. A.H. Baldwin, 18th March 1967, 'from Syria'. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust r. of Justinian wearing plumed helmet with diadem and paludamentum. Reverse: K, cross in l. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSIII ...VI PA (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: Off: B (2). Mint mark: NI.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXV AE112b.1, MIB 1 pl. 21 109.2
Notes: Originally attributed by Whitting to Justin I
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