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ID number: BIRBI-B0833 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Cutler, A. T. Maker: Justinian I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 562-563 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.50 Weight (g): 18.06 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3514. "Brought from Istanbul by A. T. Cutler", September 1962. |

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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 DD AI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). ANNO XXXG (Year 36). Mint mark: THUP. Control mark: Γ(3).
Bibliography: DOC I. 232b; MIB I, 150
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