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ID number: BIRBI-MH0070 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: c.1080-c.1085 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 7.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8172, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantocrator (Type VIIIe) facing, bearded, with cross behind head having :·: on each arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book; in upper angles of cross, two crescents; nomina sacra to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: Latin cross with large pellet and two small pellets at each extremity. Beneath the cross, large crescent. To l. and . above and below, large pellets surrounded by small pellets.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.J.2
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