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ID number: BIRBI-MH0148 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): 2.55 Weight (g): 5.99 Provenance: Whitting 8053, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: Half-length figure of Virgin facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.K.10
Notes: Countermark 12 ('adl, 'izz) and countermark 18b (lillah) on reverse at 0 and 315 degrees respectively; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.37-8, 41-2; Brockage from reverse of Class J Anonymous follis
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