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ID number: BIRBI-B4681 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: Forty nummi Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 821-829 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.52 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 742; ex Edward Shepherd collection 1924. |
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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… (Michael and Theophilos). Off. θ.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XXI AE21, BN II pl.LXXII Sy/AE/01 and 10 but bust shape slightly different
Notes: Overstruck: cross in left of reverse field.
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