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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5296 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: c.1080-85 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.78 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3006, ex. James R. Stewart Collection, January 1968, previously gifted to Stewart by Kolocasides, Nicosia, April 1947. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIIe) facing, bearded, with cross behind head having :·: on each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book; in upper angles of cross, two crescents; nomina sacra in l. and r. field. Reverse: Latin cross with large pellet and two small pellets at each extremity. Beneath the cross, large crescent. To l. and r., above and below, large pellets surrounded by small pellets. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: None. Bibliography: DOC III.2.J.10 Notes: Overstruck on Nikephoros III. |
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| Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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