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ID number: BIRBI-B0742 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: 544-545 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 9.87 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0735. Bought R. M. Cunningham, February 1951. |

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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 depicting cavalryman, cross in r. of field. Reverse: K with mint mark trailing beneath, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PPAVI (Our lord Justinian Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XЧIII (Year 18). Mint mark: KVZ.
Bibliography: DOC I. pl. XXXIV AE187a, MIB 1 pl. 23 121b
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