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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1555 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Carthage Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 573-578 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 9.26 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 1791 |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia with pendilia; Justin with pendilia; cross between their heads. Reverse: Two Victorias facing each other, holding a shield inscribed with a star; between their heads is a cross, and between their legs is a K. Inscriptions: Obverse: … N IV … ([Inferred] To our lords Justin and Sophia); in exergue: …ITA (Life). Reverse: NM (Nummi). Bibliography: MIB II 77
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4 Related People | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Carthage Roman;Byzantine | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
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