Follis (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Justinian I

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Follis (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Justinian I

Byzantine, minted in ConstantinopleLinkedCulture matchlcp-6c5c620f14da

Date
538-539
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Istanbul
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
36626

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The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperor Justinian I, facing forward and holding a globe in his right hand; there is a cross above his left shoulder. The back (reverse) depicts the letter M with a cross above.

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Credit line
Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne
Provenance
Emily Crane Chadbourne (1871- 1964), Paris, London, and Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1940.

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AAT300037334

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