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ID number: BIRBI-B0865 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: 553-554 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 8.98 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4161. C. Francis, Rye, 4th November 1963, from Israel. |
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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: […]NIVSTINI […] (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). ANNO XXGI (Year 27). Mint mark: OΠ.
Bibliography: DOC I. 244; MIB I, 154a
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