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ID number: BIRBI-MH0075 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: c.1085-c.1092 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.69 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 8177, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing. Reverse: Half-length figure of the Virgin, facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; nomina sacra to l. and r. of Virgin; border of large pellets.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible Reverse: Μ Θ (Mother of God)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.K.21
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