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ID number:  BIRBI-B3645
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Herakleios I; Justinian I; Sicily; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily; Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  616-629; 539-549
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.4
Weight (g):  16.38
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Barber Acquisition 0090B. Spink, October 1971.
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Description:  Obverse: (Original) Bust of Justinian I facing, wearing plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield on l. arm. A cross in the r. of the field. (Countermark) Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown; monogram of Herakleios to the r. Reverse: (Original) M; cross above (Countermark) None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original) D N IVSTIN … S PP AC (Our lord Justinian, eternal Augustus). (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) ANNO … XIII ([Inferred] Year 13-23). Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: B or Γ (2 or 3). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.

Bibliography:  (Original) MIB I 95a; (Countermark) MIB III Km.4

4 Related People

Justinian I
Byzantine
c.482
14th November 565
Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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