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ID number:  BIRBI-MH0010
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard
Maker:  Constantine VII; Romanos II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  c.950-959
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.60
Weight (g):  5.29
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 8092, January 1976.
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Description:  Obverse: To l., bust of Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross. To r., slightly smaller bust of Romanos II facing, beardless, wearing modified loros and crown with cross. Between them they hold globus surmounted by patriarchal cross. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: +COhST' CЄ ROMAh' b' ROM' (Constantine and Romanos, Emperors of the Romans) Reverse: …RIST' / b' ROMЄO (Constantine and Romanos, through Christ, Emperors of the Romans)

Bibliography:  DOC III.2.27.7

Notes:  Overstruck on reverse.

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