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ID number: BIRBI-B5216 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.1050-c.1060 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 10.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1033. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ seated on square-backed throne (Type IIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, l. hand holds book. Nomina sacra l. and r. Reverse: - + (with crescent at base) - above text, - Ů - below text.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: ISXS / bASILЄ / bASIL (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.Da
Notes: Overstruck on Class C follis.
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