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ID number: BIRBI-B1384 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 574-575 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 13.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5757. A.H. Baldwin, 29th April 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia facing, enthroned, dressed in consular robes and diadems, Justin holding globus cruciger in r. hand, Sophia holding sceptre, cross above. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN IVSTI NVSPPAV (Our lord Justin Emperor in Perpetuity). Reverse: ANNO X. Control mark: A (1). Mint mark: NIKO.
Bibliography: DOC I pl. LIV AE100a; MIB 2 pl. 5 AE46b
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