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ID number: BIRBI-A-B0001 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Scythopolis Denomination: Fals Place made: Beit She'an Culture: Arabic Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 10.85 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 5182. Seaby September 1952. |
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Description: Obverse: Two emperors enthroned, nimbate wearing trefoil crowns with pendilia, chlamydi, holding cross-topped sceptres in r. hands, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: M with cross above and diamond beneath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CKVθO ΠOΛHC (Scythopolis). Reverse: ANNO… (Year). Mint mark: NIKO.
Bibliography: Walker 1.
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