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ID number: BIRBI-B4505ADD Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Justin II; Sophia; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 575-576 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.3 Weight (g): 5.30 Axis (degrees): 0.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Imperial couple enthroned, he holds globus cruciger, she holds cross sceptre, heads crowned and nimbate. Reverse: Cross to r. of denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: K (Twenty) ANNO XI (Year 11)
Bibliography: MIB.2.70a
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse, over Justinian I 16 nummi Thessalonian coin.
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