Gift of an anonymous donor.

Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Arlene Schnitzer, Beverly Terry, Quintana Galleries, and by bequest of Elizabeth Cole Butler by exchange, for the 2014 New for the Wall.

Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Arlene Schnitzer, Beverly Terry, Quintana Galleries, and by bequest of Elizabeth Cole Butler by exchange, for the 2014 New for the Wall.

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘I’; above, cross; beneath, ‘E’; in exergue, ‘C[ON]’.

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

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription is difficult to make out due to its small size, but it most likely says ‘DNIVST’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘X’; above, cross; beneath, ‘A’; in exergue, ‘NIKO’.

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, ‘NVSPPAVC’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘X’; above, cross; beneath, ‘A’; in exergue, ‘NIKO’.

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, ‘NVSPP’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘XI’ in a vertical position; above, cross; beneath, ‘A’; in exergue, ‘NIKO’.

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, ‘NVSPP’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘XI’ in a vertical position; above, cross; beneath, ‘A’; in exergue, ‘NIKO’.