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ID number: BIRBI-MH0009 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Constantine VII; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 945-c.950 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 3.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8091, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown. In l. hand globus cruciger, in r. hand akakia. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: …OhST' / …h ΘЄO bA / ...ЄVS R / …OM… (Constantine, through God, Emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.26.28
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