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ID number: BIRBI-B1523 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: Decanummium Place made: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 570-571 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.59 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0951. A.H. Baldwin, November 1952. |
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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: I with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … SLL DTLLCV (garbled inscription). Reverse: …NNO ЧI (Year 6). Mint mark: τHЄЧP.
Bibliography: DOC I AE 176
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