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ID number: BIRBI-B5261 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: c.1070-c.1075 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 6.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1034. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ facing nimbate with cross, :∙: in each limb of cross. Reverse: Patriarchal cross with floriate motif on base, globes at ends of cross limbs.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC… (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 AEH, BN II Cp/AE/151
Notes: Possible brockage of reverse on obverse.
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