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ID number: BIRBI-MH0127 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; Constantinople Denomination: Half-follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 518-527 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 7.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8067, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of emperor r. with diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Long cross to l. of denomination mark, six pointed star above and below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DNIVST…AVG (Our lord Justin…emperor). Reverse: K (Twenty) Officina mark: Є
Bibliography: DOC I.15a.2
Notes: Countermark 18b (lillah?) on obverse at 90 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.41-42
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