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ID number: BIRBI-B5494 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nikephoros III Botaneiates; Constantinople Denomination: Histamenon Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1078-1081 Metal: Electrum Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 4.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 364, Glendining, 1922. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ seated on backless throne (Type II b) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book with :·: on cover; double border of dots. Reverse: Emperor standing on dais, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, in r. hand labarum, in r. hand globus cruciger; double border of dots.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +NIΠHΦΔЄCΓ TWROTANIAT (Nikephoros Botaneiates, despot)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.3b.6
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