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ID number: BIRBI-B5284 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): 2.85 Weight (g): 5.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3465. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Christ facing nimbate, single pellet ∙ in r. and upper limb of cross, Gospels with :∙: pellet pattern supported in l. arm. Reverse: Cross crosslet with floriate base and globes at ends of cross limbs and stem.
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 on a follis of Romanos IV Diogenes, obverse displays Gospels of Michael VII type, reverse displays loros and head of Michael, along with inscription HΛ, and at uppermost field trace of inscription of Romanos IV Diogenes.
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