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ID number: BIRBI-B0256 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): 3.20 Weight (g): 15.31 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2942. A. H. Baldin, May 1955. |

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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 IVST NVS P ΛC (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: NIKM. Control mark: A(1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 33a; MIB I, 38
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