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ID number: BIRBI-B0218 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: Half-follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 6.92 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2450. A.H. Baldwin, 13th April 1954. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Long cross in l. field, stars above and below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AVI (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Control mark: B(2).
Bibliography: DOC I. 15b; MIB I, 19
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