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ID number:  BIRBI-B0797
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:  547-549
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.70
Weight (g):  18.60
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 7205. D.J. Crowther, 18th January 1970.
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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 XXI[I] (Year 21 (or 22)). Mint mark: ЧHЧΠ. Control mark: A(1).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 219a; MIB I, 145a

3 Related People

Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
Antioch



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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