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ID number: BIRBI-MH0081 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; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1059-1067 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.92 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8157, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type Vf) facing, with long beard and cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book with ornamentation (X with pellet in each segment); nomina sacra to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: Bust of emperor facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia. in r. hand cross, in l. hand akakia.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +KաNRΛCI ΛЄVCOΔOVK (Constantine, emperor, and Eudokia)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.8
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