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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4613 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 803-811 Place collected: Paros Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0591. Bt A. H. Baldwin & Sons October 1956; fd in Paros 1956. |
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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Nikephoros facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding cross potent in r. hand and akakia in l. Reverse: beardless bust of Stavrakios facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: nICIFOROS bASILE' (Emperor Nikephoros). Reverse: SτAVRACIS dESPO’ (Despot Stavrakios). Mint-mark: X. Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XVI AV2c.7, BN II pl.LXX Cp/AV/06-07. Kent 70.
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4 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Nikephoros I Arab c. 760 811-07-26 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Stavrakios Byzantine 812-01-11 | |
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