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ID number: BIRBI-B4752 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael III; Syracuse Denomination: Semissis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 842-867 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.35 Weight (g): 1.68 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0360. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Michael bearded facing, wearing loros and cross crown, holding patriarchal globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Bust of Michael bearded facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding patriarchal globus cruciger in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: mI XAHL (Michael). Control mark: θ (9). Reverse: mI XAHL (Michael). Control mark: θ (9).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AV9, BN II Sy/AV/01
Notes: Visibly debased.
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