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ID number: BIRBI-B1098 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Ravenna Denomination: Follis Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 560-561 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 13.63 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 3071. A. H. Baldwin, May 1956. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing wearing plumed helmet with diadem and pendilia, cuirass, holding a shield depicting a cavalryman on l. arm and holding a globus cruciger in r. hand; cross above l. shoulder. Reverse: M surmounted by cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTINI… (Our lord Justinian). Reverse: ANNO XXXIIII (Year 34). Mint mark: RAVEN/NA.
Bibliography: MIB I 233
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