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ID number: BIRBI-B1488 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: 573-574 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 12.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5344. Spink, July 1966. "From South-East Turkey, with large base metal lot of Anastasios to Herakleios." |

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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: … N TUΛI DτΛ … (garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO ϚIII (Year 9). Mint mark: τHЄUP'. Officina: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB II 56a
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