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ID number: BIRBI-B4864 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine VII; Romanos II; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 945-959 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 2.86 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 919. Spink, 1926. |

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Description: Obverse: Three borders of pellets around inscription, ornamented by sixteen globes. Reverse: Cross on three steps, with X at intersection and cross-bars over each of the three arms, globe at bottom. Three borders of pellets, ornamented by sixteen globes.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +COhST.τ ΠORFVROG CЄ ROMAhO ЄhX ωЄVSЄb b'RωMЄOh (Constantine the Purple-Born and Romanos, Emperors of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRI SτЧS hICA (Jesus Christ Conquers).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. XXXVII AR21.1
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