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ID number: BIRBI-B1436 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 574-575 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 11.56 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5308. A.H. Baldwin, 17th May 1966; "From Syria via Istanbul". |
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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 IVSTI NVS P … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO X (Year 10). Mint mark: KYZ. Officina: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 50b
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