1951.31.4.550: Follis of Justin II, Constantinople

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1951.31.4.550

People

Justin II, Byzantine (r. 565 - 578 CE)

Title

Follis of Justin II, Constantinople

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

574-575 CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)

Period

Byzantine period, Early

Culture

Byzantine

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/196514

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

13.19 g

Die Axis

6

Denomination

follis

Inscriptions and Marks

• Obverse Inscription: DNIVSTI NVSPPAVC
• Reverse Inscription: Large "M". To l., ANNO (downwards). In ex., CON. To r., X. Beneath, epsilon

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

DOC 1, 38e.1 (p. 212)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore

Accession Year

1951

Object Number

1951.31.4.550

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obv.: Justin, on l. and Sophia on r., seated, nimbate, on double lyre-backed throne. He holds in r. hand, gl. cr., she holds cruciform scepter.
Rev.: M. Above, cross.

[old description]
reverse axis 6 o'clock
Obverse: Justin II and Sophia, seated, crowned
clockwise from lower left, D[OMINVS] N[OSTER] IVST[I] NVS P[ER]P[ETVVS] AVC[VSTVS] (Our Lord Justin Eternal Augustus}
Reverse: at center large M (mark of value = 40 nummi) ; within M, E (workhop 5); at left, vertical, and right of M, ANNO X (year 10 of Justin's reign); in exergue, CON (mintmark of Constantinople); cross above

Publication History

• Alfred R. Bellinger, ed., Catalogue of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Washington, D.C, 1992), vol. 1, 212, cat. 38e.I, pl. 51
• Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 94/figs. 34a, 34b

Exhibition History

• Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003

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