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ID number: BIRBI-B0641 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: 557-558 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 7.96 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0732. A. H. Baldwin, May 1949. |
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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: ...N NSTINI ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXXI (year 31). Mint mark: NI.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXIX AE153, MIB 1 pl. 22 116b
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