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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1339 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: 574-575 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 5.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0144. A.H. Baldwin, October 1949. |
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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. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVST … NV … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO X (Year 10); ΘC [cross above] (Theos - God). Mint mark: TЄS. Bibliography: MIB II 70e
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4 Related People | |
| Thessalonica | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
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