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ID number: BIRBI-B5111 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): 3.55 Weight (g): 16.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 813, ex. Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus; cross with : in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holding book with ornamentation (·); nomina sacra in left and right field. Reverse: -· Λ ·- above and below text.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ЄMMANOVHΛ (Emmanuel) IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: + IhSЧS / XRISTЧS / bѦSILЄЧ' / bѦSILЄ' (Jesus Christ, King of Kings).
Bibliography: DOC III.2.A2.16.2
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