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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1332 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 571-572 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2737. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing a trefoil crown, holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Justin holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: K with cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: … IVS … NVS PP … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: TЄS. Bibliography: MIB II 70a (var)
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Thessalonica | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
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