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ID number: BIRBI-B1455 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: 573-574 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 6.75 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5359. Spink, August 1966; "From South-East Turkey". |

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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: K with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IVSTI … (Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIIϚ (Year 9). Mint mark: KY…
Bibliography: MIB II 51b
Notes: The date is back-to-front.
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