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ID number:  BIRBI-B1395
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:  576-577
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  12.36
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5212. A.H. Baldwin, 10th March 1966.
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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: … IVS … NVS PP A … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XII (Year 12). Mint mark: NIKO. Officina: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB II 46a

4 Related People

Nikomedia
Roman; Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Sophia
Byzantine
Before 530
After 600
Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
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