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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5315 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.1085-c.1092 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 5.27 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 3469. |
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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.18 Notes: Overstruck on Nikephoros III, on Class E follis. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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