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ID number:  BIRBI-B1344
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Justin II; Sophia; Thessalonica
Denomination:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Thessaloniki
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  569-570
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  4.48
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3156. Seaby, 1957.
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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: … NVS PP AV … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO Є (Year 5); ΘK… (Theotokos - Virgin Mary). Mint mark: TЄS.

Bibliography:  MIB II 70c

4 Related People

Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
Thessalonica



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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Sophia
Byzantine
Before 530
After 600
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