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ID number: BIRBI-B0239 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justin I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 15.00 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 744. Ex Edward Shepherd collection, 1924. |

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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: DN IVSTI NVS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: […]SSOB. Control mark: Є(5).
Bibliography: DOC I. 24; MIB I, 70
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