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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4981 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Basil II; Constantine VIII; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 977-989 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 2.52 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0243. Bought Glendining 3rd May 1951, lot 35. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Basil l. and Constantine r. wearing loros and chlamys, respectively, and cross crowns with pendilia. In centre, cross crosslet on globus on four steps, shaft with pellet in U, and X at junction of arms. Reverse: inscription with - · - above and below. Inscriptions: Obverse: Єn τOVτω nICA τ' bASILЄI C CωnSτ' (In this sign conquer, Basil and Constantine). Reverse + bASIL, / C CωhSτAh / ΠORCVROS' / ΠISτOI bAS' / RωmAIω' (Basil and Constantine, the purple-born, faithful emperors of the Romans). Bibliography: DOC III.2 AR17 var. Notes: A type DOC III.2 AR17 because of spelling of ΠISTOI, but - · - above and below rev. inscription makes it a variant. |
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4 Related People | |
| Basil II Byzantine 958 1025 | |
| Constantine VIII Byzantine 960 1028 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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