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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-MH0089 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Nikephoros III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1078-1081 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 4.95 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8165, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Three-quarter-length figure of Christ Antiphonetes (Type IVc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book; nomina sacra to l. and r. of Christ; six-pointed star to l. of Christ. Reverse: Cross of equal arms ending in large pellet; In the centre, circle within which star of eight rays. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: C… / N… (Cross, protect the despot Nikephoros) Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.18
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4 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Mardin Hoard | |
| Nikephoros III Botaneiates Byzantine 1081 | |
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