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ID number: BIRBI-B1386 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: 574-575 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 11.53 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2127. |

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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: … VST … ([Inferred] Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO X (Year 10). Mint mark: NIK… Officina: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 46b
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