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ID number: BIRBI-B4943 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nikephoros II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 963-969 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.78 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3039. Euripides S. Sepheriades, 19 Praxitelous Street, Athens, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Nikephoros bearded facing, wearing loros and crown topped with cross, holding labarum in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + nICIFR b ASILЄV RѠ (Nikephoros, emperor of the Romans). Reverse: + n/ICHF Єh/[…]ЄѠ bA/SIL/[…]VS RѠ/M/[…]IѠn (Nikephoros, by God emperor of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 8
Notes: Double-struck on reverse.
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