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ID number: BIRBI-B1447 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: 575-576 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 11.79 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1412. |
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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 dot above; cross above the dot.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVST … NVS PP A (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Mint mark: KYZ. Officina: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB II 50d
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