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ID number: BIRBI-B1121 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Justinian I; Uncertain mint Denomination: Half Follis Culture: Byzantine Date made: 540-541 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 8.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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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: Cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVS[…]PP AVC (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). ANN[…] XIIII (Year 14). Mint mark: […]M[…].
Bibliography: Apparantly unpublished
Notes: Does not appear to be listed in either DOC or MIB, M visible at bottom of coin maybe part of ROMA mint mark and wreath-like die border on reverse suggest possible Rome attribution.
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