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ID number: BIRBI-B1069 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Uncertain mint Denomination: Half Follis Culture: Byzantine Date made: 557-558 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 14.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3072. A.H. Baldwin, May 1956. |
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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. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN ISTINI […]VS P AVI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: XX (20). ANNO XXXI (Year 31).
Bibliography: DOC I. 330; MIB I 224
Notes: Attributed by Bellinger to Rome, but attributed by Hahn to Carthage, neither make a convincing argument.
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