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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B1574
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):  1.80
Weight (g):  4.88
Axis (degrees):  270.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0955.

Description: Obverse: Busts of Justin and Sophia facing; Sophia wearing crown with pendilia, Justin wearing helmet with pendilia, and cuirass; cross between them. Reverse: I.

Inscriptions: Obverse: D … IV … ([Inferred] To our lords Justin and Sophia); in exergue: VIT… (Life). Reverse: N M (Nummi).

Bibliography: MIB II 80a

4 Related People
	Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988
	Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578
	Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600
	Carthage Roman;Byzantine

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