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ID number: BIRBI-B0843 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: Half-follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 527-529 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 9.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7073. A.H. Baldwin, 8th July 1969. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΔN IVST[…]IS PP AVC (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: ANTX. Control mark: A(1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 203; MIB I, 132
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