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ID number:  BIRBI-B1510
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:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  572-573
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  5.60
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1447.
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Description:  Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; globus cruciger positioned in between them, Sophia holding it with her r. hand, and Justin with his l. hand. Reverse: K with cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None visible. Reverse: …NO IIIЧ (Year 8). Mint mark: P, with tail.

Bibliography:  MIB II 60a

4 Related People

Sophia
Byzantine
Before 530
After 600
Antioch



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
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