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ID number: BIRBI-B1499 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 575-576 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.35 Weight (g): 15.60 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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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; a star below the year.
Inscriptions: Obverse: V N てLDI … ЧVΛTL- (garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Mint mark: …HЄUP'. Officina: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB II 56b
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