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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1261 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: 573-574 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 11.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting unnumbered. Baldwin, August 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia nimbate facing, seated on backed double throne, crown type of Sophia unclear, Justin holding globus cruciger in r.hand, Sophia holding cross-topped sceptre in l. Reverse: M with cross floating above, off. Mark A beneath. Inscriptions: Obverse: ON IYIC ... (Our Lord Justin Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO GIII (Year 9). Mint mark: CON. Bibliography: DOC I pl.L AE36a, MIB pl.5 AE43a Notes: Whitting says date dubious - badly struck, difficult to tell |
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4 Related People | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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