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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1453 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Kyzikos Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 573-574 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 6.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7382. A.H. Baldwin, 9th July 1970. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing diadem and pendilia, holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Justin wearing diadem crown and pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand; cross in between Justin and Sophia. Reverse: K with cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: D [in retrograde] И IVSTI NVS PP A (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO ϚIII (Year 9). Mint mark: KYZ. Bibliography: MIB II 51b
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4 Related People | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
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