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ID number: BIRBI-MH0021 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 976(?)-c.1030/35 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 11.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8103, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus cross having · in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: + IhSϤS / XRISTϤSI / bASILЄϤI' / ASIL' (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.A2.4
Notes: Contemporary forgery
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