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ID number: BIRBI-B5269 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: c.1070-c.1075 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 2.77 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1038. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ facing nimbate, Gospels with pellets :∙: in l.hand, r. hand gesturing. Reverse: Patriarchal cross with remains of floriate base. Globes at the ends of cross limbs.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 AEH, BN II Cp/AE/151
Notes: Overstruck twice, obverse displays the loros of Constantine X and small illegible legend, reverse shows lettering from Class D, E or F anonymous follis type.
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