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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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Justinian I
Byzantine
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1903
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