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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4716 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Messina Hoard Maker: Theophilos; Syracuse Denomination: Solidus Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 829-842 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 3.74 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3742. bt A. H. Baldwin 1961, from a number found off the coast of Messina (Messina Hoard). |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding cross potent in r. hand. Reverse: bust of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing loros and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: *θЄOFI LOSbASIL (Theophilos Emperor). Reverse: θЄOFI LOSbASIL (Theophilos Emperor). Bibliography: DOC III.1 AV18 Notes: Has been XRF tested as part of 'All That Glitters' project. |
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4 Related People | |
| Theophilos Byzantine c.812 842 | |
| Messina Hoard | |
| Syracuse Greek; Roman; Byzantine | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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