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Numismatics 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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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Nikephoros II Byzantine 969 | |
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