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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3642
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Justinian I; Sicily; Constantinople?; Nikomedia?
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily; Istanbul?; Nikomedia?
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  616-629; 527-537
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.2
Weight (g):  13.15
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1661. B.A. Seaby, December 1947.
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Description:  Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justinian I facing r., wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. (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 cross in the r. of the field; a star in the l. of the field. (Countermark) None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original) … N IVS … ANVS PP … (Our lord Justinian, eternal). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None. Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.

Bibliography:  (Original) MIB I 84 or 104; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4

6 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Nikomedia
Roman; Byzantine


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