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ID number: BIRBI-B1505 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Antioch Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 565-566 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.06 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4920. Spink, April 1965. |

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Description: Obverse: Justin facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, helmet with trefoil ornament and pendilia, holding in r.hand a globe surmounted with Victoria - Nike, facing Justin and crowning him with a wreath, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm; cross in r. of field. Reverse: K with cross above; a star on either side of the year.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … A … ([Inferred] Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO I (Year 1). Mint mark: P, with tail.
Bibliography: MIB II 58, obverse type 58c, reverse type 58b
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