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ID number: BIRBI-B4689 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theophilos; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 829-842 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 1.84 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3882. Bt Amsterdam J. Schulman 28th March 1960 No. 1223. |

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Description: Obverse: legend within three dotted circles. Reverse: cross potent on three steps within three dotted circles.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +θЄOFI/LOS ЄC θЄЧ / PISTOS bA/SILЄЧS RO/MAIOn (Theophilos by God trusted emperor of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRIS τЧS nICA (Jesus Christ conquer).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AR11, BN II Cp/AR/03 or 6.
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