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ID number: BIRBI-B4751 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael III; Basil I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 866-867 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 6.98 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1564. R. M. Cunningham February 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Basil bearded facing wearing loros and cross crown, holding patriarchal globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l. Reverse: Bust of Michael bearded facing wearing loros and cross crown, holding patriarchal globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + mInAЄL ImPЄRAT' (Emperor Michael). Reverse: + bASIL IЧS RЄX * (King Basil).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AE8, BN II Cp/AE/01
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