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ID number: BIRBI-B1048 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 537-542 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 12.68 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4973. B.A. Seaby, December 1946. |

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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: DИ IVS[…] ANVS PP AV (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: ROMA. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 324; MIB I V218
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