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ID number: BIRBI-B4630 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael II; Theophilos; Constantinople Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 821-c. 824 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 5.77 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: busts of Michael and Theophilos bearded and beardless respectively facing wearing chlamys and loros respectively and cross crowns. Reverse: denomination mark with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MIX A HL SθEOFIL (Michael and Theophilos). Reverse: XXX NNN ('year 30'). Off. A.
Bibliography: Tolstoi p.997 no. 5
Notes: Double-struck, or overstruck on a Michael coin with two figures (HL visible beneath actual HL of obverse inscription).
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