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ID number: BIRBI-B4694 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Karageorgiou, N. C. Maker: Theophilos; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 829-842 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 7.24 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1608. Karageorgiou 1964, from Istanbul c.1959. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding patriarchal cross in r. hand and akakia in l. Reverse: M with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: *·θЄ OFIL' bASIL' (Theophilos emperor). Reverse: XXX NNN (corruption from 'year 30'). Control mark: θ.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AE13, BN II Cp/AE/02.
Notes: Die for obverse appears to have been larger than die for the reverse.
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