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ID number: BIRBI-B0852 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: 536-539 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 6.23 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4633. Dorothy Wood, 1964, from Mersin. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: […]STIN[…]ANVS PP AV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: ΘVΠOΛS. Control mark: B(2).
Bibliography: DOC I. 214; MIB I, 136
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