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ID number: BIRBI-B1469 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Justin II; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-566 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.70 Weight (g): 18.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Justin facing, wearing cuirass, plumed helmet with trefoil ornament and pendilia, and shield on l. arm; holding in r.hand a globe surmounted with Victoria - Nike, facing Justin, and crowning him with a wreath; and cross in r. of field. Reverse: M with cross above; and two stars in the r. of the field, above and beneath the year.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IUSI … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO I (Year 1). Mint mark: τHЄЧ… Officina: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB II 54b
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