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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4483
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Philippikos; Constantinople
Denomination:  Tremissis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  711-713
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.65
Weight (g):  1.45
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2449. Spink 1947.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Philippikos bearded, facing, wearing loros and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and eagle-topped sceptre in l.. Reverse: Cross potent.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D[reversed]N FILЄPICЧS MЧLT… (Lord Philippikos, many years). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: S (6). Mint mark: CONOB.

Bibliography:  MIB III, 6.

3 Related People

Philippikos
Armenian

714/715
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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