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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5278 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): 2.50 Weight (g): 3.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0093. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ facing nimbate, single pellet ∙ in each limb of cross, supporting Gospels with :∙: pellet motif in l. arm, facial features of Christ visible. Reverse: Cross crosslet with floriate base and globes at ends of cross limbs and stem, crescents facing away from centre in upper l. and r. field. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None. Bibliography: DOC III.2 AEI, BN II Cp/AE/152 Notes: Overstruck on follis of Michael VII, loros visible on reverse, IC XC on obverse, current type is however very clear. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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