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ID number: BIRBI-B4695 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theophilos; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 829-842 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2949. Ex. Duke of Argyll collection 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: half-length figure of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing loros and crown with tufa (6 dots), holding labarum with cross and 2 pendants in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. Reverse: legend.
Inscriptions: Obverse: θЄθFIL' bASIL (Theophilos emperor). +θЄO/FILЄ AVϙ/OVSτЄ SV / nICAS (Theophilos Augustus you conquer).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AE15a.
Notes: θ instead of O in Theophilos's name on obverse inscription.
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