Description
Country or authority: Byzantine Empire
Year or date range: AD 570–571, regnal year 6
Denomination: Follis (40 nummi)
Composition: Bronze
Ruler or portrait: Justin II and Empress Sophia
Mint or mintmark: Constantinople (CON); probable officina A
Catalogue references: Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values 360
Obverse description: Justin II, left, and Sophia, right, seated facing on a double throne, both with halos and imperial dress. Sophia’s crown is prominent. Attributes appear consistent with a globus cruciger for Justin and a cruciform sceptre for Sophia, although worn. Fragmentary legend tentatively reads D N IVSTI[…] on the left and […]P[…] on the right.
Reverse description: Large M; cross-like symbol above; A/N/N/O vertically to left; Ϛ to right, indicating regnal year 6. Probable A beneath M; CON in exergue. The exact form of the symbol above M is indistinct.
