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ID number: BIRBI-B1213 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 566-567 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 14.00 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7710. A. H. Baldwin, 6th February 1971, from Jordan. |

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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia nimbate facing, seated on backed double throne, Sophia wearing crown type DOC I 22a, Justin holding globus cruciger in r. hand, Sophia holding cross-topped sceptre in l. Reverse: M with cross floating above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DH IVΓTI IVI PT… (Our Lord Justin Emperor in peretuity). Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Off. mark A (1). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: DOC I pl.L AE23.a, MIB II pl.5 AE43a
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