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ID number: BIRBI-B0878 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: 564-565 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 8.03 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5342. Spink, July 1966, from S.E. Turkey. |

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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: […]ANVS PP A (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). ANNO XXXGII (Year 38). Mint mark: P.
Bibliography: DOC I. 250; MIB I, 155
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