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ID number: BIRBI-B4761 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: Basil I; Constantine; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 868-879 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 2.84 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4059. Ex James R.Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968; previously ex Grantley Collection (2492) 1944; previously ex Royal United Services Inst. sale, March 1895. |

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Description: Obverse: Inscription within three pelleted borders. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, globe beneath, within three pelleted borders.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + bASI/LIOS CЄ COnSTAn/TIns PISTV bASILIS ROMЄOI (Basil and Constantine, faithful emperors of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRI STЧS nICA (Jesus Christ conquers).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 7
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