Justin II and Sophia AE Follis. 14.50 gr, 33.06 mm. Antioch. 565-578 AD.  

Obv: blundered legend ..RIPLSC..ONS CCSAD, Justin on left 
and Sophia on right, seated facing on double-throne, 
both nimbate, each holding a sceptre and holding long cross
on globe between them.

Rev: Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year 
II/III to right, officina letter Gamma below, mintmark 
THEUP' in exergue.  

SB 379 var (year mark), MIB 56-57 var (year mark). 

Unlisted with this year mark and rare with the 
cross between Justin and Sophia.

Used with permission of TimeLine Originals (www.time-lines.co.uk), January, 2010