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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1257 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 572-573 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 12.59 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 730. Ex Edward Shepherd Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia nimbate facing, seated on backed double throne, Sophia wearing crown type DOC 34.a, Justin holding globus cruciger in r.hand, Sophia holding cross-topped sceptre in l. Reverse: M with cross floating above, off. Mark Γ beneath. Inscriptions: Obverse: ON IVSTI NVS PP A… (Our Lord Justin Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO GII (Year 8). Mint mark: CON. Bibliography: DOC I pl.L AE34c, MIB pl.5 AE43a
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4 Related People | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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