Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 99 13 May 2015
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Justin II, with Sophia. 565-578. Æ Half Follis (20mm, 4.65 g, 12h). Uncertain military mint. Struck 565-572. Justin and Sophia seated facing, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter, respectively / Large X•X; cross above; ROM. DOC 207 (Rome); MIBE 95a; SB 404 (Rome). VF, green patina. Scarce.
From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.
Hahn (MIBE) lists these half folles of Justin II in his category of "Moneta Militarii Imitativa", a series of bronzes of very similar style bearing the mint marks of Constantinople, Nicomedia, Cyzicus, Thessalonica, and Rome. The series remains one of the great puzzles of Byzantine numismatics.
From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.
Hahn (MIBE) lists these half folles of Justin II in his category of "Moneta Militarii Imitativa", a series of bronzes of very similar style bearing the mint marks of Constantinople, Nicomedia, Cyzicus, Thessalonica, and Rome. The series remains one of the great puzzles of Byzantine numismatics.