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ID number: BIRBI-B0882 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: 557-558 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.97 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3312. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicates 235, 27th November 1958. |
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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 below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: […]STINI ANVS P[…] (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). ANN[…] XXXI (Year 31).
Bibliography: DOC I. 246; MIB I, 155e
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