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ID number: BIRBI-B0725 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): 17.27 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2253. Signorelli Colli, Rome, March 1953. |

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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 IVSTINV VS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXʕIII (year 29). Off: B (2). Mint mark: KYZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXIII AE179b.2, MIB pl. 23 120f
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