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ID number: BIRBI-B4484 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Philippikos; Constantinople Denomination: Hexagram Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 711-713 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 6.30 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4089. A. H. Baldwin 22nd August 1963, ex F. W. Baldwin collection. |

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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: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …ЄPICuS MuL TЧƧ AN (Lord Philippikos, many years). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: A (1). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III, 20.
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