Coin Item Number: 3095/521 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; there is a ‘P’ within a cross between their heads; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘SPPA’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘ϚII’; above, cross; beneath, ‘A’; in exergue, ‘KYZ’.

History Of Use

"Follis" (denomination); DO# 121; Sear# 372.