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ID number: BIRBI-MH0137 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.1085-c.1092 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 4.76 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8043, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VII b) facing, with nimbus. Reverse: Bust of figure.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.K.21
Notes: Countermark 25 (sim, lam, alif) on obverse at 135 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.45; Reverse displays multiple overstrikes.
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