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ID number: BIRBI-B4644 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: Forty nummi Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 803-811 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 3.98 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2536; ex Andronikos, Istanbul, November 1952 (listed as Leo V). |
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Description: Obverse: Busts of Nikephoros bearded and Stavrakios beardless facing wearing chlamys and cross crown cross floating between heads. Reverse: Denomination mark M (40) with cross above.
Inscriptions: Reverse: XXX NNN (meaningless letters). Off. A.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XVI AE5
Notes: Overstruck on Leo IV (? - or possibly Constantine V); short M and end of bar visible on right of obverse.
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