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ID number: BIRBI-B4616 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nikephoros I; Constantinople Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 802-803 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 6.07 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 798. Bt A. H. Baldwin & Son 1948 for £0 3s 0d. |

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Description: Obverse: bearded bust of Nikephoros facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding cross potent in r. hand and akakia in l. Reverse: denomination mark dividing legend, with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: nI… (Nikephoros…). Reverse: XXX / NNN (Year 30). Off. A.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XVI AE4, BN II pl.LXX Cp/AE/01
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