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ID number: BIRBI-B4743 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael III; Theodora; Thekla; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 842-843 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 459. bt A. H. Baldwin 13th April 1954, ex Rashleigh 246. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodora facing wearing jewelled cross crown with concentric pinacles and pendilia, and loros; holding patriarchal globus cruciger in r. hand and cross-topped sceptre in l. Reverse: Busts of Michael r. and Thekla l. facing; Michael wearing cross crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger in r. hand; Thekla wearing cross crown with three jewelled pinacles and pendilia, and loros, and holding patriarchal cross in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + θЄO∂O RA ∂ЄSPVnA (Despot Theodora). Reverse: ∙ mIXAH… S θ ЄCLA (Michael and Thekla).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AV1d, BN II Cp/AV/02
Notes: Pierced to SSW of obverse.
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