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ID number: BIRBI-B4858 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Romanos I Lekapenos; Christopher Lekapenos; Constantine VII; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 921-931 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 2.41 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3076. Spink, December 1945, ex J. R. Stewart collection, 30th January 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Three borders of pellets around inscription, ornamented by eight globes. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, with globe beneath. Three borders of pellets.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +ROMAhO. XPISτOFOR, CЄ COhSTAh, ЄhX' ωЄVSЄ b'bASIL'R' (Romanos, Christopher and Constantine, Emperors of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRI SτЧƂ nICΛ (Jesus Christ Conquers)
Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. XXXVII AR18.3
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