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ID number: BIRBI-B0640 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: 556-557 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 6.80 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7707. A.H. Baldwin, 6th February 1971, from Jordan. |

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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 ... (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXX (year 30). Mint mark: NI.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXIX AE153, MIB 1 pl. 22 116b
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