Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B1335 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 570-571 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 5.57 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0149. A.H. Baldwin, April 1949. |

|
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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N IVS … VS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO S (Year 6); ΘKC [ligature mark above] (Theotokos - Virgin mary). Mint Mark: TЄS.
Bibliography: MIB II 70c
|