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ID number: BIRBI-B0964 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): 2.90 Weight (g): 13.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3993. Spink, February 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum, cross on chest. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and cross in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: […].
Bibliography: DOC I. 284; MIB 1, 185b
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