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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1306 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: Half-Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 574-575 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 4.95 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 4026. Spink, February 1962. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Justin holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: K with cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: … IAN PP -. In exegue: CON. Reverse: … N … X (Year 10). Officina: … (untranslatable officina). Bibliography: MIB II 44a (var) Notes: The obverse inscription, and presence of exergual mint mark on obverse are apparently unpublished. |
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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