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ID number: BIRBI-B4732 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theophilos; Syracuse Denomination: Follis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 829-842 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3652. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M with cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: θЄOFI … (Theophilos emperor). Reverse: XXX …NN (corruption from 'year 30'). Control mark: θ (9).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AE30.
Notes: Overstruck on Michael II and Theophilos obverse on obverse at 90° - tops of crowns and 'HL' visible in obverse field r., and base of M and θ visible in top r. of reverse field.
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