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ID number: BIRBI-MH0003 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Justinian I; Antioch Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 539-540 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 8.04 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 8085, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: frontal bust of Justinian I, with cuirass and helmet, holding globus cruciger and shield, cross in r. field. Reverse: Cross above denomination mark, laurel wreath border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IVSTINI…AVI (Our lord, Justinian, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XIII (Year 13) K (20) OΠ (Theoupolis)
Bibliography: MIB I.154b
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