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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4985 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Basil II; Constantine VIII; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 977-989 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 2.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5626. ex J. R. Stewart collection, 30th January 1968, previously bought by Stewart Spink December 1945. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Theotokos surrounded by blank nimbus, holding Christ nimbate, with pellet in each arm of cross, MP in field l. and θV in field r. Reverse: inscription with - - above and -(four pellets)- beneath. Inscriptions: Obverse: θCC bθ τOIS bASILS (Theotokos help the Emperors). Reverse: + mЄR θЧ / ...ЄDOZASm / O ЄIS SЄ ЄL/Πiτωn OЧ/C AΠOτ, X, (Mother of God, the exalted, he seeking you does not fail). Bibliography: DOC III.2 AR19 Notes: Pierced from rev. to obv. at WSW of obv. |
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| Basil II Byzantine 958 1025 | |
| Constantine VIII Byzantine 960 1028 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962 | |
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