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ID number: BIRBI-B0684 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: 539-540 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.90 Weight (g): 24.83 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5440. Spink, 18th January 1967, "From Byzantine Fort on Turk-Syria Border (Waller)". |

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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: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAV (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XIII (year 13). Off: B (2). Mint mark: KYZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXI AE165b, MIB pl. 23 120a.1
Notes: Pierced at top of reverse.
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