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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4904 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine VII; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 945-959 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 6.52 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3624. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross, holding globus cruciger in l. hand and akakia in r. hand. Reverse: None. Inscriptions: Obverse: +COM….SIL ROMI (Constantine Emperor of the Romans). Reverse: +COhSτ Єh ϴЄO bΔ SIL ЄVS ... (Constantine, by God Emperor of the Romans). Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. XXXIX AE26.1 Notes: Overstruck on follis of Romanos I (DOC III.2 AE25), obverse on reverse, inscription visible reading: [+RM…] and reverse on obverse, with inscription visible reading: [+RWMAh…]. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Constantine VII Byzantine 905 959 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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