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ID number: BIRBI-B4924 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Romanos II; Kherson Denomination: Follis Place made: Crimean Peninsula: Kherson Culture: Byzantine Date made: 959-963 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 3.98 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1990. R. M. Cunningham, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Cross monogram of Romanos (large reversed capital Rho on Omega-shaped base, capital Mu on left arm and capital Alpha on right arm). Reverse: Cross on two steps, pellet on both sides.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. XL AE3a.3
Notes: Previously attributed to Romanos I by Whitting.
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