Justin II, with Sophia Æ 4 Pentanummia - Half Follis. Cherson, AD 570-578. Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, standing facing / Justin standing facing, holding staff terminating in staurogram; large Δ to right, cross above. Sear 610 (Maurice Tiberius); DOC 301 (same); MIBE 161; Anokhin 323. 4.11g, 21mm, 6h.
Good Fine; highly degraded designs, possibly a local imitation. Rare.
From the Cherson Collection of I.K.
Previously attributed to the reign of Maurice Tiberius, this type is now given to the previous reign of Justin II with his wife Sophia.