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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5495 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Nikephoros III Botaneiates; Constantinople Denomination: Histamenon Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1078-1081 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 3.02 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0248, Spink, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ seated on backless throne (Type II b) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book with :·: on cover; double border of dots. Reverse: Emperor standing on dais, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, in r. hand labarum, in r. hand globus cruciger; double border of dots. Inscriptions: Obverse: X (Christ) Reverse: +NIҔHΦRECΠ… (Nikephoros, despot) Bibliography: DOC III.2.3b.16
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Nikephoros III Botaneiates Byzantine 1081 | |
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