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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1569 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: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 572-578 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.47 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 1673. |
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Description: Obverse: Busts of Justin and Sophia facing; Sophia wearing crown with pendilia, Justin wearing plumed helmet with pendilia, and cuirass; cross between them. Reverse: I. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N … NSO … ([Inferred] To our lords Justin and Sophia); in exergue: …TA (Life). Reverse: N ᴟ (Nummi). Bibliography: MIB II 80a Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse (type MIB II 79a); crest of helmet visible on the obverse, faint inscription visible on the reverse. |
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Carthage Roman;Byzantine | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
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