Justin II & Sophia AE Half Follis. 565-578 AD. Nicomedia mint.
 
Obv: D N IVSTINVS P P AVG, Justin II on left, Sophia on right, 
seated facing on double-throne, both nimbate, Justin holding 
cross on globe, Sophia holding sceptre, vine pattern below.
Rev: large M, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year GIII to 
right, officina letter B below, mintmark NIKO. 

Sear Byzantine 369, MIB 46 a,b.

With permission of TimeLine Originals (www.time-lines.co.uk), July, 2011