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ID number:  BIRBI-B1348
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:  575-576
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  5.06
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3507.
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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 φ+ above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N IVSTI … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Mint mark: TЄS.

Bibliography:  MIB II 70f (var); DOC I AE 83.2 (var)

4 Related People

Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
Sophia
Byzantine
Before 530
After 600
Thessalonica



Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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