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ID number: BIRBI-B0207 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): 16.98 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0695. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and cross in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Γ(3).
Bibliography: DOC I. 9c; MIB I, 12.2
Notes: Double-struck on reverse.
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