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ID number: BIRBI-B0792 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Justinian I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 539-540 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.90 Weight (g): 23.92 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Not clear which collection this is from, but at some point bought from A. H. Baldwin, 19th February 1947. |

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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian, wearing cuirass and plumed helmet with pendilia, in r. hand globus cruciger, on l. shoulder shield with horseman device, cross in r. of field. Reverse: Cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AVI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). ANNO XIII (Year 13). Mint mark: ΘVΠO. Control mark: Γ(3).
Bibliography: DOC I. 215c; MIB I, 143
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