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ID number: BIRBI-B4487 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Philippikos; Constantinople Denomination: Half follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 712-713 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.75 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0004B. Spink May 1971. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Philippikos facing, wearing loros, holding eagle-topped sceptre in l.. Reverse: K with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: No inscription visible. Reverse: NNN II (Year 2). Officina: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB III, 22.
Notes: Overstruck, not clear on what.
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