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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1528 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: 571-572 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.62 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7341. A.H. Baldwin, 30th May 1970. |
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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: V N LLTI VΔτ … LL (garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: τHЄЧ [in retorgrade] P'. Bibliography: DOC I AE 177 (var) Notes: The year is given in the form ϚI, rather than ЧII. |
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Justin II Byzantine c.520 October 578 | |
| Sophia Byzantine Before 530 After 600 | |
| Antioch | |
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