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ID number: BIRBI-MH0123 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Justin I; Kyzikos Denomination: Half-follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8036, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justin I in profile r. wearing cuirass, paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: Cross l. of denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …SPPAVC (Justin, emperor) Reverse: K (Twenty) Mint mark: KY Officina mark: A
Bibliography: MIB.1 56
Notes: Countermark 18b (lillah?) on obverse at 180 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.41-42
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