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ID number: BIRBI-B5267 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): 2.70 Weight (g): 4.68 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1036. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ facing nimbate, pellets in cross, :∙: in each limb of cross, supporting the Gospels, decorated with pellets :∙: in l. arm. Reverse: Patriarchal cross with floriate motif on base, globes at the ends of the cross limbs.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 AEH, BN II Cp/AE/151
Notes: Overstruck, obverse seems intact, Christ is clear. Reverse displays inscription of overstrike: E IL' and pellet in upturned crescent
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