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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4672 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael II; Theophilos; Syracuse Denomination: Follis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 821-829 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 5.02 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3668; bt. Hall sale November 1950 lot 2326; ex Spink 1931. |
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Description: Obverse: busts of Michael and Theophilos facing wearing chlamys and loros respectively and cross crowns. Reverse: denomination mark with cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: MIXA HL S θEO (Michael and Theophilos). Off. θ. Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XXI AE21, BN II pl.LXXII Sy/AE/01 and 10 Notes: Overstruck - Whitting suggested over Michael I and Theophylact, but not clear, certainly over Constantinopolitan type: traces of XXX on reverse. Traces of a crown at an angle to the left of Theophilos. |
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Michael II Byzantine 829-10-02 | |
| Theophilos Byzantine c.812 842 | |
| Syracuse Greek; Roman; Byzantine | |
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