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ID number: BIRBI-B1345 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: 569-570 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 5.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2413. A.H. Baldwin, 20th March 1954. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Justin holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: K.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … IVSTI NVS P … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO Є (Year 5); ΘKC [ligature mark above] (Theotokos - Virgin Mary). Mint mark: TЄS.
Bibliography: MIB II 70c
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