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Numismatics 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
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4 Related People | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Thessalonica | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
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