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ID number: BIRBI-B0977 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: 539-540 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 4.20 Weight (g): 21.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2344. A.H. Baldwin, 12th September 1953. |

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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AVC (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). ANNO XIII (Year 13). Mint mark: CAR. Control mark: S (Second Officina/Sixth Officina [Translation disputed]).
Bibliography: DOC I. 292a; MIB 1, 195
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