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ID number: BIRBI-CR002 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Tancred of Hauteville; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Antioch Culture: Medieval Date made: 1104-1112 Metal: Bronze Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 5.03 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: No provenance. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ facing. Reverse: long cross pommée on floriate base, legend in angles all within larger circle
Inscriptions: Obverse: […] XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: […]AN PH (Tancred) .
Bibliography: CCS p. 199 no. 5. Metcalf 2nd ed pl.5 no. 82
Notes: Overstruck on Byzantine anonymous follis.
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