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ID number: BIRBI-MH0078 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Constantine X; Eudokia Makrembolitissa; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1059-1067 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 6.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8154, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ standing on square souppedion (Type IVb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holding book; nomina sacra to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: To l. Eudokia standing, facing, wearing modified loros with kite-shaped lower panel and crown with cross and pendilia. To r. Constantine standing, facing, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia. They hold between them a labarum, Constantine's hand above Eudokia's, with cross-piece on shaft, standing on base and three steps, and each places one hand on chest.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …NOVH… (Emmanuel) IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: ЄVΔMΘΚΙΔΙ (Eudokia)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.8.24
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