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ID number: BIRBI-B0249 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 16.93 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0915. Glendining, 3rd May 1951. |
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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: NIKM. Control mark: A(1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 28a; MIB I, 35
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