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ID number: BIRBI-B5320 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine VIII; Constantinople Denomination: Nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1025-1028 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 4.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1352. A.H. Baldwin, 22nd February 1964, from Turkey. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, holding in l. hand bejewelled book. Reverse: Bust of Constantine facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown topped with cross, holding labarum in r. hand and akakia in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Reverse: + CѠnSTAhTIh bASIΛЄVS ROM (Constantine, emperor of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 1
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