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ID number: BIRBI-B0724 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: 555-556 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 12.85 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0835. |
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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... ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXʕIII (year 29). Off: A (1). Mint mark: KYZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXIII AE179b.2, MIB pl. 23 120f
Notes: Triangle removed from edge of coin, at top of obverse.
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