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ID number: BIRBI-B0209 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): 3.30 Weight (g): 15.26 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0921. Glendining, 3rd May 1951. Ex lots 110/112 |

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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 […]S PP AVI (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: CO[…]. Control mark: Δ(4).
Bibliography: DOC I. 9d; MIB I, 12.2
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