Follis
31-50-376
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-50-376 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Byzantine |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | CN 270, monastery, Room P |
| Creator | Justinian I |
| Locus | C.N. 270, monastery, Room P |
| Period | Justinian I |
| Date Made | 527-585 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Justinian I | Cross | Star |
| Description | Fitzgerald: "Justinian I, 527-65 AD (mint ?) d. 28 mm. DN IVSTINI.... PP.... Diademed, draped bust right. Rev: Large M, surmounted by a cross and flanked by a star on left, and cross on right. Exergual letters obliterated." Newell: Byzantine “Uncertain Mint, Justinian I, 527-65 AD Obverse: D N IVSTINI.... PP... Diademed, draped bust r. Reverse: Large M, surmounted by a cross and flanked by a star on l., and cross on r. Exergual letters obliterated." |
| Outside Diameter | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1931 |
| Other Number | 30-10-325B - Field No SF |
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