About the Artwork
Follis of Justinian I, 527-565
538/539 AD
(Artist) Byzantine, Roman (Mint) Mint of Nicomedia
Bronze
Diam. 1 11/13" (4.3 cm.)
Numismatics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
63.101
Public Domain
Markings
Obv: DNIVSTINI ANVS PP AVG. Rev: M; on left vertically ANNO, on right XII, above a cross, below A. In exergue NIKO.
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BMC Imperial Byzantine coins vol. I, p. 44, No. 186.
Exhibitions: The Mint and the Message, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
May-August 1981
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Byzantine, Roman; Mint of Nicomedia, Follis of Justinian I, 527-565, 538/539 AD, Bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 63.101.
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