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ID number:  BIRBI-B4720
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Lord Grantley
Maker:  Theophilos; Syracuse
Denomination:  Semissis
Place made:  Sicily: Syracuse
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  829-842
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.20
Weight (g):  1.69
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0357. bt A. H. Baldwin May 1949. From Grantley collection.
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Description:  Obverse: bust of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: bust of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing loros and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: θЄO [IΛOS (Theophilos). Reverse: θЄO FIΛOƆ (Theophilos).

Bibliography:  DOC III.1 AV19.

4 Related People

Theophilos
Byzantine
c.812
842
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Syracuse
Greek; Roman; Byzantine


Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
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