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ID number: BIRBI-B0191 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 13.84 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0568. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D[…]TT NVS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Є(5).
Bibliography: DOC I. 8e; MIB I, 11.2
Notes: Double-struck on reverse; probably also double struct on obverse, so as to make Justin's head unusually thin.
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