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ID number: BIRBI-B4615 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 803-811 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0350. Bt A. H. Baldwin September 1948. |
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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Nikephoros facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding cross potent in r. hand and akakia in l. Reverse: beardless bust of Stavrakios facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: · nICIFOROS bASILE' (Emperor Nikephoros). Reverse: SτAVRACIS dESPO’ (Despot Stavrakios). Mint-mark: E.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XV AV2a, BN II pl.LXX Cp/AV/02-03
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