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ID number: BIRBI-MH0159 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): 2.6 Weight (g): 2.74 Provenance: Whitting 8064, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Border of large pellets. Reverse: Border of large pellets, half-length figure (?)
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.K.26
Notes: Countermark 1 (atabeg) over countermark 9 (shams), and countermark 12 ('adl, 'izz) and countermark 13 ('izz) on reverse at centre, and on obverse at 180 respectively; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.32, 36-9
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