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ID number: BIRBI-B1500 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 575-576 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 15.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7360. Glendining, 25th June 1970. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing trefoil ornament, holding a sceptre in l.hand; Justin wearing a trefoil ornament; globus cruciger positioned in between them, Sophia holding it with her r. hand, and Justin with his l. hand. Reverse: M with cross above; a star below the year.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ЧNAT\- (garbled inscription). Reverse: …NO XI (Year 11). Mint mark: τHЄUP'. Officina: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB II 56b
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