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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5328 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): 2.50 Weight (g): 4.31 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0364. Glendining, 28th February 1950, lot number 139. |
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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 in r. hand a labarum with a pellet on the shaft, and akakia in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Reverse: + CѠhSTAhTIh bASILЄVS ROM (Constantine, emperor of the Romans). Bibliography: DOC III.2 2 Notes: Pierced at bottom of obverse, top of reverse. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantine VIII Byzantine 960 1028 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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