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ID number: BIRBI-B0265 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 522-527 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.60 Weight (g): 15.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0912. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above and star in l. field and upward crescent in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DИ IVSTIИVS PP AVCS (Our lord Justin, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: ANTX. Control mark: Δ(4).
Bibliography: DOC I. 47c; MIB I, N59
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