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ID number: BIRBI-B4646 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantinople; Nikephoros I; Stavrakios Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 813-820 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 5.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 937. Ex. Rev. E. Gantz collection, 1927. |
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Description: Obverse: Busts of Nikephoros l. and Stavrakios r. facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: Denomination mark M (40) with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: XXX NNN (meaningless letters). Off. A (1).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XVI AE5
Notes: Triangular die flaw to SE of rev.
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