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ID number: BIRBI-B0723 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: 552-553 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.50 Weight (g): 15.72 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0834. |

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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 IVSTIN... ...NVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXЧI (year 26). Off: A (1). Mint mark: KYZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXIII AE178a.1, MIB pl. 23 120f
Notes: Pierced at top of reverse.
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