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ID number: BIRBI-B0637 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: 545-546 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 10.07 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7766. A.H. Baldwin, 4th March 1971. |

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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, chrismon above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...VSTINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧIIII (year 19). Mint mark: NI.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXIX AE146, MIB 1 pl. 22 116a.2
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