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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4966 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Basil II; Constantine VIII; Constantinople Denomination: Nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 989-1001 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.03 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1441. Bought Sotheby 1st February 1965, number 12. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ nimbate facing, holding gospel in l. hand, five pellets in each limb of cross. Reverse: busts of Basil l. and Constantine r. wearing modified loros and chlamys, respectively, and cross crowns, holding patriarchal cross crosslet between them. Inscriptions: Obverse: + ILS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTInm (Jesus Christ King of Kings). Reverse: + bΛSIL C COnSτAntin... (Basil and Constantine). Bibliography: DOC III.2 AV3c Notes: Clipped |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantine VIII Byzantine 960 1028 | |
| Basil II Byzantine 958 1025 | |
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