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ID number:  BIRBI-B4791
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Basil I; Constantine; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  868-870
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.70
Weight (g):  6.26
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1442.
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Description:  Obverse: Basil and Constantine standing facing, Basil bearded l. and Constantine smaller and beardless on r. both wearing chlamys and crown with cross, with labarum held between with Basil's hand placed on labarum shaft above Constantine's. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + bASILIOS COnST AЧCC (Basil and Constantine, emperors). Reverse: + bASIL/[…]COИSTAИ/ZIhOS Єh ΘO bASILЄIS R/OMAIOИ (Basil and Constantine, by God emperors of the Romans).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 8a

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4 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
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Basil I
Byzantine

886
Constantine
Byzantine

879
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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