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ID number: BIRBI-B1379 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: 572-573 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 13.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5603. I.M. Hanson, November 1967; "Istanbul." |
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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; cross in between Justin and Sophia. Reverse: M with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTI NVS PP AV… (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO ϚII (Year 8). Mint mark: NIKO. Officina: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 46b
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