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ID number: BIRBI-B1512 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): 2.45 Weight (g): 7.52 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3043. Spink, November 1955. |

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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing a 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: K with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N … L … NDΛSTLL- (garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO IIϚ (Year 8). Mint mark: P, with tail.
Bibliography: MIB II 60a
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