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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4867 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting 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): 2.83 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4058. Glendining, 28th November 1962. |
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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, each arm terminating in a globe, globe at bottom. Three borders of pellets, ornamented by sixteen globes. Inscriptions: Obverse: +COhSTτ 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 AR21.8
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Constantine VII Byzantine 905 959 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Romanos II Byzantine 939 963 | |
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