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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4713 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Messina Hoard Maker: Theophilos; Syracuse Denomination: Solidus Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 829-842 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 3.76 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1043. bt A. H. Baldwin 9th September 1961, from the Messina Hoard, number 23. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: bust of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing loros and cross crown, holding cross potent in r. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: θЄO FILOҀ (Theophilos). Reverse: θЄ OF(upside down)ILOҀ (Theophilos). Bibliography: DOC III.1 AV24, BN II Sy/AV01-04 Notes: Has been XRF tested as part of 'All That Glitters' project. |
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4 Related People | |
| Messina Hoard | |
| Syracuse Greek; Roman; Byzantine | |
| Theophilos Byzantine c.812 842 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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