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ID number: BIRBI-B4949 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Nikephoros II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 963-969 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 6.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1970. |

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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[…]RѠ (Nikephoros, emperor of the Romans). Reverse: […]nICHF Єh ΘЄѠ bA/SILЄVS RѠ/[…]IA[…] (Nikephoros, by God emperor of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 8
Notes: Overstruck on follis of Romanos I, reverse on overse, with partial inscription and top of crown visible.
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