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ID number: BIRBI-B0634 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: 539-540 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 11.78 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0730. A.H. Baldwin, October 1952. |
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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: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XIII (year 13). Mint mark: NI.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXIX AE142, MIB 1 pl. 22 116a.2
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