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ID number: BIRBI-B4793 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): 3.00 Weight (g): 5.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1443. |

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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: […]SILIOS S COnST A[…] (Basil and Constantine, emperors). Reverse: […]hSTA[…]IhOS Єh ΘO bASILЄIS R/OMAIOh (Basil and Constantine, by God emperors of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 8a
Notes: Overstruck on previous type, not identifiable.
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