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ID number: BIRBI-B0744 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: 546-547 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 9.07 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3994. Spink, February 1962. |
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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 IVSTINI ANVS PPN (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XX (year 20). Off: None. Mint mark: VZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXIV AE189, MIB pl. 23 121a.2
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