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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B1044
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Justinian I; Rome
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  537-542
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.90
Weight (g):  11.07
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1396. W.S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Encircling wreath, cross above, star in l. field and cross in r. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DN IVSTINI ANVS PP (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: ROMA.

Bibliography:  DOC I. 322; MIB I 214

3 Related People

Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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