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ID number: BIRBI-B1325 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 567-568 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1999. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing, wearing cuirass, and plumed helmet with trefoil ornament and pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield on l. arm. Reverse: K with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTI NVS P ... (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO III (Year 3). Mint mark: TЄS.
Bibliography: MIB II 68b
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