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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5304 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Colton Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: c.1085-c.1092 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 6.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3044, Spink, 1955. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, with cross nimbus having one pellet in each arm of cross, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book; nomina sacra in l. and r. field; border of large pellets. Reverse: Half-length figure of the Virgin facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; nomina sacra in l. and r. field; border of large pellets. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: M Θ (Mother of God). Bibliography: DOC III.2.K.9
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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