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ID number: BIRBI-MH0007 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Theophilos; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: c.830/1-842 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 6.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8089, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Half-length figure facing, bearded, wearing loros and tufa decorated with pellets, holding in r. hand labarum with cross and streamers, in l. hand globus cruciger. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΘЄOFIL' …ASIL (Theophilos, Emperor) Reverse: + ΘЄO / FILЄAVʕ / OVSTЄSV / hICAS (Theophilos Augustus, you conquer!)
Bibliography: DOC III.1.15a.12
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