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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1516 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: 575-576 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 6.63 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1817. |
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Description: Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing a trefoil ornament; 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; star to the l. of the year. Inscriptions: Obverse: V … TNΓ … •ЧτTG (garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Mint mark: P, with tail. Bibliography: MIB II 60b
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Antioch | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
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