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ID number: BIRBI-B5281 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 976-1030 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 5.53 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3043. Spink, 1955. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ facing nimbate, single pellet ∙ in l. limb of cross, supporting Gospels with :∙: pellet pattern in l. arm. Reverse: Cross crosslet with floriate base and globes at ends of cross limbs and stem, two crescents facing away from centre in upper l. and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC IC. (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. LXVIII I
Notes: Doublestruck on reverse.
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