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ID number: BIRBI-MH0108 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): 2.65 Weight (g): 6.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8026, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type Vf) facing, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm. Reverse: Bust of emperor facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia; in r. hand cross-topped sceptre; in l. hand akakia.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: …OVK (Constantine Doukas, emperor)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.10
Notes: Countermark 11 ('adl) on reverse at 90 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.37
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