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ID number:  BIRBI-B5300
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):  2.55
Weight (g):  4.39
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5545, ex. Tchalikian, September 1967.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIIe) facing, bearded. 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: None visible. Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  DOC III.2.J.12

Notes:  Overstruck on unidentified type.

2 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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