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ID number:  BIRBI-MH0009
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard
Maker:  Constantine VII; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  945-c.950
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  3.73
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 8091, January 1976.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown. In l. hand globus cruciger, in r. hand akakia. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None visible. Reverse: …OhST' / …h ΘЄO bA / ...ЄVS R / …OM… (Constantine, through God, Emperor of the Romans)

Bibliography:  DOC III.2.26.28

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