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ID number: BIRBI-B4629 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael I?; Theophylact?; Michael II?; Theophilos?; Constantinople Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 811-c. 824 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 5.10 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: busts of Michael and Theoph(ylact/ilos) bearded and beardless respectively facing wearing chlamys and loros respectively and cross crowns. Reverse: denomination mark with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MIX A HL SθEOF' (Michael and Theoph…). Reverse: XXX NNN ('year 30'). Off. A.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XX AE8.1 (listed as Michael II), BN II pl.LXX Cp/AE/01 (listed as Michael I)
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