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ID number: BIRBI-B1382 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: 573-574 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 12.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1993. A.H. Baldwin, June 1951. |
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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 IVSTI NV … PP A … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO ϚIII (Year 9). Mint mark: NIKO. Officina: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 46a
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