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ID number: BIRBI-B0680 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 538-539 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 4.10 Weight (g): 25.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7082. A. H. Baldwin, 8th July 1969. |
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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: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIN VSTINI ANVS PPAVC (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XII (year 12). Off: A (1). Mint mark: KYZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXI AE164a.1, MIB pl. 23 120a.1
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