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ID number: BIRBI-B0746 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: 548-549 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 8.86 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3981. A. H. Baldwin, November 1961, 'from a pre-1939 lot'. |
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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 ... (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XXII (year 22). Off: None. Mint mark: VZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXIV AE189, MIB pl. 23 121a.2
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