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ID number:  BIRBI-B1470
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Justin II; Sophia; Antioch
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  569-570
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.25
Weight (g):  13.02
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting Unnumbered. Glendining, 3rd May 1951.
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Description:  Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing trefoil ornament, holding a sceptre in l.hand; Justin wearing a trefoil ornament; globus cruciger positioned in between them, Sophia holding it with her r. hand, and Justin with his l. hand. Reverse: M with cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: V N PΛV … NΛDVLLA (garbled inscription; possibly inverted). Reverse: ANN… IIIII (Year 5). Mint mark: …ЄЧP'. Officina: B (2).

Bibliography:  MIB II 56a

4 Related People

Sophia
Byzantine
Before 530
After 600
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
Antioch



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