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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1278 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: 575-576 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 12.07 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1448. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia nimbate facing, seated on lyre-backed double throne, Sophia wearing similar crown type to DOC 38e.1, 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 IVSTI NVS PP AY... (Our Lord Justin Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Mint mark: CON. Bibliography: DOC I pl.LI AE40a, MIB pl 5 AE43a
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4 Related People | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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