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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1418 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 572-573 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 12.93 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3728. Spink, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing trefoil crown and pendilia, holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Justin wearing trefoil crown and pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand; cross in between Justin and Sophia. Reverse: M with cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVST … N … S PPS AVC (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO ϚII (Year 8). Mint mark: KYZ. Officina: A (1). Bibliography: MIB II 50b
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4 Related People | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
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