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ID number: BIRBI-B5153 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: c.1030/35-1042(?) Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 9.93 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3407. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, with ¤ in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, l. holds book, with :·: on cover; nomina sacra l. and r. Reverse: Cross on base and two steps, pellet at each end of upper arms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ЄMMANOVHΛ (Emmanuel) IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: IS / XS / bѦSILЄ / bѦSILЄ (Jesus Christ, King of Kings).
Bibliography: DOC III.2.B.47 Var.
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