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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1443 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Karageorgiou, N. C. 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): 12.74 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4762. Karageorghiou, 29th August 1964; "From Istanbul, c. 1959". |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing diadem 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 PP A- (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO X (Year 10). Mint mark: KYZ. Officina: B (2). Bibliography: MIB II 50b
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5 Related People | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
| Karageorgiou, N. C. | |
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