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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1231 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: 570-571 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 14.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3183. Spink, September 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia nimbate facing, seated on backed double throne, Sophia wearing crown type DOC 29.a, Justin holding globus cruciger in r.hand, Sophia holding cross-topped sceptre in l. Reverse: M with Chi Rho floating above, off. Mark B beneath. Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVS PP AVI (Our Lord Justin Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO G (Year 6). Mint mark: CON. Bibliography: DOC I pl.L AE29b, MIB II pl.5 AE43c
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4 Related People | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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