Byzantine Empire Justin II and Sophia, 15 November 565 - 5 October 578 A.D.
BZ116880. Bronze half follis, DOC II-1 47d, Wroth BMC 88, Tolstoi 222, Hahn MIB III 44a, Sommer 5.13, SBCV 361, Morrisson BnF -, Ratto -, aF, well centered on a broad flan, green patina, 4.935g, 20.8mm, 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, D N IVSTINVS P P AV (Latin: Dominus Noster Justinus Per Petuus Augustus - Our lord, Justin, perpetual emperor), Justin II (on left) and Sophia (on right) seated side-by-side facing on a double throne, both are nimbate, he holds a globus cruciger, she holds a cruciform scepter; reverse large K (20 nummi) between ANNO and II/II (year 4), cross above, E (5th officina) below
In 569, the Lombards under Alboin invaded northern Italy.