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ID number: BIRBI-B4749 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael III; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 855-867 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 1.96 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3351. Lockett VIII 295, May 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Inscription within three dotted circles. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps above a pellet.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + mIXA/HL PISτOS / mЄҀAS bA/SILЄЧS RO/mAIOh (Michael faithful great emperor of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRIS τЧS nICA (Jesus Christ conquers).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AR7, BN II Cp/AR/07
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