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ID number: BIRBI-B1401 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: Half-Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 568-569 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 7.64 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3271. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicate, 27th November 1958. |
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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: K with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTI NVS PP AVC (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: NI.
Bibliography: MIB II 47a
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