Follis

Justinian I
Byzantine
Antioch
Asia Minor

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527-565

Bronze

Weight: 13 g

Diameter: 1/2 in. (13 mm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29198

Geography

Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Syria, West Asia, Asia

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Reverse: Large M between two stars

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

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