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ID number:  BIRBI-B0839
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:  562-563
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.30
Weight (g):  18.77
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4914. A. H. Baldwin, 13th March 1965.
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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: […]ΛИIDSLLI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). ANNO XXXЧI (Year 36). Mint mark: THЄЧP. Control mark: Γ(3).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 232a (for reverse type. Obverse not recorded); MIB I, 150 (for reverse type. Obverse not recorded)

3 Related People

Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Antioch



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