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ID number: BIRBI-B4928 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nikephoros II; Constantinople Denomination: Nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 963-969 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3040. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection by exchange, 1967. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, holding in l. hand bejewelled book. Reverse: Theotokos on l. facing, wearing tunic and maphorion, with M and Θ to either side of her, to r. facing bust of Nikephoros, bearded, wearing loros and crown topped with cross. Both holding long patriarchal cross between them, Theotokos with r. hand placed above Nikephoros' r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + IhS XIS RЄX RЄCNANTInM (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Reverse: + ΘЄOTOC' b'HΘ' nICHF'dЄSP (Mother of God aid Nikephoros, Lord).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 4
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