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ID number: BIRBI-B4739 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theophilos Denomination: Follis Place made: Unknown Culture: Byzantine Date made: 829-842 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 7.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4770. |

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Description: Obverse: half-length figure of Theophilos bearded facing, wearing loros and crown with tufa (4 dots), holding labarum with cross in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. Reverse: legend.
Inscriptions: Obverse: θЄOFI bASIL (Theophilos Emperor). Reverse: + θЄO/FILЄ AVS/OVSTЄ SV / hICAS (Theophilos Augustus you conquer).
Bibliography: DOC III.1 AE17
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