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ID number: BIRBI-B0956 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Carthage Denomination: Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 533-539 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 11.88 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0784 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum, chrismon on chest. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and cross in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI[…]ANVS II (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: KART. Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: DOC I. 286d; MIB 1, 184a
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