TYPE Byzantine Empire, Justin II (565-578 AD), bronze follis, Kyzikos mint, struck 572/3 AD DESCRIPTION . Obv: Justin and Sophia enthroned, crowned and holding globus cruciger and scepter respectively Rev: Denomination (M = 40 nummi), ANNO to left, regnal year 8 to right, officina "beta" below, mint mark KYZ in ex. REFERENCE: SB 372 GRADING: AEF / VF, rough dark brown patina, edge flaw, excellent figures ORDER INFO: B2195, $58 Obverse with some weakness in legend, but grading based on the quite unusually detailed (for these types) renditions of the enthroned imperial couple, both their faces and attire. This reveals that the Kyzikene style for this reign, while perhaps not as accomplished as that of Antioch, is pleasing and clearly superior to that of the two other mainstream mints (Constantinople and Nikomedia), whose rather grotesque renditions of the imperial couple have unfortunately become somewhat of a numismatic hallmark of the bronze issues of this reign.