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ID number: BIRBI-B5282 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey 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): 9.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 805. |

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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. Reverse: Cross crosslet with floriate base and globes at ends of cross limbs and stem, cre
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 AEI, BN II Cp/AE/152
Notes: Overstruck, some legend visible on obverse, illegible.
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