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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1450 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: Half-Follis Place made: Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 567-568 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 6.49 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 6985. A.H. Baldwin, 8th July 1969; "From Greece". |
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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. Reverse: K with cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTI … PP A (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO III (Year 3). Mint mark: KYZ. Bibliography: MIB II 51b
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4 Related People | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
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