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ID number:  BIRBI-B3638
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Justin I; Sicily
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  616-629; 518-522
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.25
Weight (g):  14.32
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5725. A.H. Baldwin, 4th April 1968.
BIRBI-B3638.jpg

Description:  Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justin I facing r. (Countermark) Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown; monogram of Herakleios to the r. Reverse: (Original) M; cross above. A star in the r. of the field. (Countermark) None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original) … NVS PP AV … (Justin, eternal Augustus). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None. Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: None visible. (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.

Bibliography:  (Original) MIB I 11; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4

4 Related People

Justin I
Byzantine
c.450
1st August 527
Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
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