About the Artwork
Follis of 40 Nummia of Justinian, 527-565
541/542 AD
(Artist) Byzantine, Roman Mint of Constantinople (Mint)
Bronze
1 9/16" (4.0 cm.)
Numismatics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
62.165
Public Domain
Markings
Obv: DNIVSTINI ANVS PP AVG. Rev: M; on left vertically ANNO; on right vertically X4; above a cross, below E. In exergue CON.
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Byzantine, Roman; Mint of Constantinople, Follis of 40 Nummia of Justinian, 527-565, 541/542 AD, Bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 62.165.
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