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ID number: BIRBI-B0835 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: 559-560 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.50 Weight (g): 17.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3094. B.A. Seaby, October 1956. |

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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 to r. in exergue.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). ANNO XXXIII (Year 33). Mint mark: THUP. Control mark: Γ(3).
Bibliography: DOC I. 229b.1; MIB I, 147a
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