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ID number:  BIRBI-B0961
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):  2.70
Weight (g):  15.33
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0772. B.A. Seaby, September 1952.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and cross in r. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: KART.

Bibliography:  DOC I. 283; MIB 1, 185c

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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