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ID number: BIRBI-B4702 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Karageorgiou, N. C. Maker: Theophilos; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 829-842 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 7.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4772. Karageorgiou 29th August 1964. |

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Description: Obverse: half-length figure of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing loros and crown with tufa (4 dots), holding labarum with cross in r. hand. Reverse: legend.
Inscriptions: Obverse: θЄOFIL' ...ASIL' (Theophilos emperor). +θEO/FILЄ AVʕ/OVSτЄ SV / nICAS (Theophilos Augustus you conquer).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AE15d.
Notes: Clipped to bottom left of obverse.
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