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ID number: BIRBI-B1328 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: 568-569 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 5.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3245. Glendining, August 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin facing, wearing cuirass, and plumed helmet with trefoil ornament and pendilia, and shield on l. arm. Reverse: K.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTI NVS PP A … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: TЄS.
Bibliography: MIB II 68b
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