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ID number: BIRBI-B3637 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Herakleios I; Justin I; Sicily; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily; Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-629; 518-522 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 15.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 746. Ex Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justin I facing r., wearing cuirass and paludamentum. (Countermark) Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown; monogram of Herakleios to the r. Reverse: (Original) M; cross above. A cross in the r. of the field. A cross in the l. of the field. (Countermark) None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: (Original) D N IVST INV … (Our lord Justin). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None. Mint mark: C … Control mark: Є (5). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.
Bibliography: (Original) MIB I 13; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4
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