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ID number: BIRBI-MH0109 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Constantine X; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1059-1067 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 7.13 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8027, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type Vf) facing, with long beard and cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book. Reverse: Bust of emperor, facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia; in r. hand cross-topped sceptre; in l. hand akakia.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.10
Notes: Countermark 12 ('adl 'izz) on reverse at 225 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.37-38
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