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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4911 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Constantine VII; Romanos II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 950-959 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 7.03 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1615. Ex J. R. Stewart collection, 30th January 1968, from A. H. Baldwin, March 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine facing, bearded, to l. wearing a loros and crown with pendilia and a cross, with smaller facing bust of Romanos to r., beardless, wearing loros and crown with pendilia and a cross. They hold between them a long cross. Reverse: None. Inscriptions: Obverse: ... (Constantine and Romanos, Emperors of the Romans). Reverse: +COhSτ CЄ ROMA Єh XRI... b'ROM... (Constantine and Romanos, by Christ Emperors of the Romans) Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. XXXIX AE27.2 Notes: Overstruck on follis of Romanos I (DOC III.2 AE25), obverse on reverse, inscription visible reading: [+W…R…SIL…MAI], obverse on reverse reading: [MAN' bASILE…] |
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5 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Constantine VII Byzantine 905 959 | |
| Romanos II Byzantine 939 963 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962 | |
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