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ID number: BIRBI-B5071 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Colton Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 976(?)-c.1030/35 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.40 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 760, Spink, 1955. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus; cross with ·:· with X between pellets in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holding book with ornamentation (·:· with X between pellets); nomina sacra in left and right field. Reverse: -◊- above and below text.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ЄMMANOVHΛ (Emmanuel) IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: + IhSЧS / XRISTЧS / ѦSILЄЧ' / ѦSILЄ' (Jesus Christ, King of Kings).
Bibliography: DOC III.2.A2.41.20
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