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ID number: BIRBI-B0253 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: 522-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 15.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0919. 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, cross in l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AV (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: […]KM. Control mark: A(1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 33a; MIB I, 38
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