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ID number: BIRBI-B5298 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): 2.35 Weight (g): 6.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1041. |
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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.4
Notes: Possibly Class J follis struck over Nikephoros III, or Nikephoros III over Class J follis.
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