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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1284 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 576-577 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 13.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia nimbate facing, seated on lyre-backed double throne, Sophia crown type DOC 42c, Justin wearing three-pointed crown and holding globus cruciger in r.hand. Reverse: M with cross floating above, off. Mark A beneath. Inscriptions: Obverse: ...STI NVS PP AII… (Our Lord Justin Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XII (Year 12). Mint mark: CON. Bibliography: DOC I pl.LI AE42a.1, MIB pl 5 AE43a Notes: Justin wearing three-pointed crown, could indicate an Arab-Byzantine imitation, but no parallel found. |
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3 Related People | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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