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ID number:  BIRBI-B4668
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Michael II; Theophilos; Constantinople
Denomination:  Forty nummi
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  821-829
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.90
Weight (g):  6.16
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 701; bt. Spink and Son 1923.
BIRBI-B4668.jpg

Description:  Obverse: busts of Michael bearded and Theophilos beardless facing wearing chlamys and loros respectively and cross crowns, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: denomination mark with cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MIXAHL S θ EOFILOS (Michael and Theophilos). Reverse: XXX NNN ('year 30'). Off. θ.

Bibliography:  DOC III.1 pl.XXI AE10, BN II pl.LXXII Cp/AE/05

4 Related People

Michael II
Byzantine

829-10-02
Theophilos
Byzantine
c.812
842
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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