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ID number:  BIRBI-B1347
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:  575-576
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  5.66
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3153. Glendining, March 1957.
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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 with cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N IVS … NVS PP… (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Mint mark: TЄC.

Bibliography:  MIB II 70a

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Justin II
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c.520
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Thessalonica



Sophia
Byzantine
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