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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4628
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Michael I?; Theophylact?; Michael II?; Theophilos?; Constantinople
Denomination:  Forty nummi
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  811-c. 824
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  5.24
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 737; ex Edward Shepherd collection 1924.
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Description:  Obverse: busts of Michael and Theoph(ylact/ilos) facing wearing chlamys and loros respectively and cross crowns. Reverse: denomination mark with cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MIXA HL SθEOF' (Michael and Theoph…). Reverse: XXX NNN ('year 30'). Off. A.

Bibliography:  DOC III.1 pl.XX AE8.5 (listed as Michael II), BN II pl.LXX Cp/AE/01 (listed as Michael I)

6 Related People

Michael I
Byzantine

844-01-11
Theophylact
Byzantine

849-01-15
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Michael II
Byzantine

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


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