Follis (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Justin I or Justinian I
6th century
- Medium
- Bronze
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
- Culture
- Istanbul
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperor, either Justin I or Justinian I. The back (reverse) shows an inscription with cross and two stars.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
