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ID number: BIRBI-B1364 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: 570-571 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 10.77 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3035. A.H. Baldwin, November 1955. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing a trefoil crown and pendilia, holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Justin wearing diadem and pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IV … VS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO Ϛ (Year 6). Mint mark: NIKO. Officina: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 46a
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