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ID number: BIRBI-B5008 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 970-976(?) Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.7 Weight (g): 4.99 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0054, Seaby, December 1947. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus; cross with two pellets in each arm; nomina sacra in right field. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: OVHΛ (Emmanuel) XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: + RISTЧ / SILЄЧ' / ѦSILЄ' (Jesus Christ, King of Kings).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 A1.12
Notes: Overstruck on Nicephoros II over Romanos I
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