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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5297 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.1080-85 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0097. |
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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.12 Notes: Overstruck on Nikephoros III, over Class H follis. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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