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ID number:  BIRBI-B0739
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:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Kyzikos
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  541-542
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.00
Weight (g):  11.72
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3117. 'From Cyrprus, January 1961, through Spink'.
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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: K, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN ...INI ANVS PPAV (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧ (year 15). Off: None. Mint mark: VZ.

Bibliography:  DOC I. pl. XXXIV AE186, MIB pl. 23 121a

3 Related People

Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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