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ID number: BIRBI-B4938 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Nikephoros II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 963-969 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 5.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1455. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Nikephoros bearded facing, wearing V-necked robe and crown topped with cross, holding cross in r. hand and globus topped with trefoil in l. hand. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + nIC[…]b ASILЄV Ѡ (Nikephoros, emperor of the Romans). Reverse: […]CICΛF […]h ΘЄѠ bA/[…]ILIIS RѠ/[…]Ѡ[…] (Nikephoros, by God emperor of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 7
Notes: Overstruck on follis of Constantine VII and Romanos II, obverse on obverse and reverse on reverse.
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