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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-MH0010 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; Romanos II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: c.950-959 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 5.29 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8092, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: To l., bust of Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross. To r., slightly smaller bust of Romanos II facing, beardless, wearing modified loros and crown with cross. Between them they hold globus surmounted by patriarchal cross. Reverse: None. Inscriptions: Obverse: +COhST' CЄ ROMAh' b' ROM' (Constantine and Romanos, Emperors of the Romans) Reverse: …RIST' / b' ROMЄO (Constantine and Romanos, through Christ, Emperors of the Romans) Bibliography: DOC III.2.27.7 Notes: Overstruck on reverse. |
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| Mardin Hoard | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Romanos II Byzantine 939 963 | |
| Constantine VII Byzantine 905 959 | |
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