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ID number: BIRBI-MH0118 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: 1042(?)-c.1050 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 8.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8032, 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. Reverse: Jewelled cross with pellet at end of each arm.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: IC XC / NI KA (Jesus Christ conquers)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.C.32
Notes: Countermark 16 (lillah) on obverse at 90 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.40-41
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