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ID number: BIRBI-B0782 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 536-539 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 14.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7826. Meridian, 13th October 1971, "Bought in Jerusalem". |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AVI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: ΘYΠOΛS. Control mark: A(1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 212a; MIB I, 131
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