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ID number: BIRBI-B4482 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Philippikos; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 711-713 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 2.16 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 617. Glendining 8th March 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Philippikos bearded, facing, wearing loros and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and eagle-topped sceptre in l.. Reverse: Elongated globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D[reversed]N FILЄPICЧS MЧLT uS AN (Lord Philippikos, many years). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: S (6). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III, 5.
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