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ID number: BIRBI-B4674 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael II; Theophilos; Syracuse Denomination: Forty nummi Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 821-829 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.55 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2752. |

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Description: Obverse: busts of Michael and Theophilos facing wearing chlamys and loros respectively and cross crowns. Reverse: denomination mark with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MIX…HL… (Michael and Theophilos). Off. θ.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XXI AE21, BN II pl.LXXII Sy/AE/01 and 10
Notes: No obvious overstriking' note from Whitting, but harsh corners suggest it may be overstruck on a clipped coin, see B4675, which is overstruck with same corners.
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