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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B1522
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:  Decanummium
Place made:  Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  569-570
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  3.37
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2452. A.H. Baldwin, 13th April 1954.
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Description:  Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing a trefoil ornament, holding a sceptre in l. hand; Justin wearing a trefoil ornament, holding a sceptre in r. hand; globus cruciger positioned in between them, Sophia holding it with her r. hand, and Justin with his l. hand. Reverse: I with cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … I LAV … VSLLV (garbled inscription). Reverse: ANN… IIIII (Year 5). Mint mark: τHЄЧP.

Bibliography:  DOC I AE 175

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