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ID number: BIRBI-B1357 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 568-569 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 12.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3274. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicate 235; 27th November 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing a trefoil crown, holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Justin wearing diadem, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTI NVS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: NIKO. Officina: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB II 46a
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