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ID number: BIRBI-B4973 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Basil II; Constantine VIII; Constantinople Denomination: Nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1005-1025 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1683. ex British Museum 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ nimbate facing, holding gospel in l. hand, limbs of cross with serifs and a pellet in the upper two quadrants of the nimbus. Reverse: busts of Basil I. and Constantine r. wearing modified loros and chlamys with jewelled tablion, respectively, and cross crowns with pendilia, holding plain cross between them; above Basil's head, a manus dei.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + IhS nIS RCX RCSNANTIhm (Jesus Christ King of Kings) Reverse + bΛSIL C COnSτΛnTI b R (Basil and Constantine, emperor, king).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 AV6a
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