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ID number: BIRBI-B1481 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: 572-573 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 12.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4666. Glendining, 14th April 1964. "From a mainly Turkish medieval lot". |
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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, holding a sceptre in r. hand; 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: … CDI LLNΛDЧL (garbled inscription). Reverse: …NNO ЧIII (Year 8). Mint mark: τHЄЧP'. Officina: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB II 56a
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