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ID number: BIRBI-B5277 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.1075-c.1080 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 3.76 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1047. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ facing nimbate, single pellet ∙ in l. limb of cross, supporting Gospels in l. arm. Reverse: Cross crosslet with floriate base and globes at the ends of the cross limbs.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC … (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 AEI, BN II Cp/AE/152
Notes: Overstruck on follis of Michael VII, elements of loros visible on obverse.
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