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ID number: BIRBI-B5253 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.1065-70 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 8.13 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0082. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type Ixa) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand blessing, scroll held in l. hand. field; border of large pellets. Reverse: Bust of the Virgin, facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; border of large pellets.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.G.11
Notes: Overstruck, undertype unclear.
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