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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4974 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): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1728. Bought A. H. Baldwin 30th September 1968, ex Dr. Protonotatrios. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ nimbate facing, holding gospel in l. hand, two pellets in each limb and double border on nimbus. Reverse: busts of Basil I. and Constantine r. wearing chlamys and ornamented robe (different from B4975), respectively, and cross crowns with pendilia, holding patriarchal cross crosslet with a globule on the shaft between them. Inscriptions: Obverse: + InS XIS nЄX RЄCNANTIЧm (Jesus Christ King of Kings) Reverse + bΛSIL C COnSτΛnTI b R (Basil and Constantine, emperor, king). Bibliography: DOC III.2 AV13
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| Constantine VIII Byzantine 960 1028 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Basil II Byzantine 958 1025 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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