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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4760
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Basil I; Constantine; Constantinople
Denomination:  Miliaresion
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  868-879
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  2.76
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2390. A.H. Baldwin.
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Description:  Obverse: Inscription within three pelleted borders. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, globe beneath, within three pelleted borders.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + bASI/LIOS CЄ COnSTAn/TIns PISTV bASILIS ROMЄO (Basil and Constantine, faithful emperors of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRI STЧS nICA (Jesus Christ conquers).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 7

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Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Basil I
Byzantine

886
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantine
Byzantine

879
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