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ID number: BIRBI-B0813 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: 546-547 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.50 Weight (g): 19.93 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5000. A. H. Baldwin, 16th October 1965, from Istanbul. |

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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, star in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: […] IVSTINI ANVS PP AVI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). ANNO XX (Year 20). Mint mark: ЧHЧΠ. Control mark: Δ(4).
Bibliography: DOC I. 217e; MIB I, 145b
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