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ID number:  BIRBI-MH0012
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:  931-944
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.6
Weight (g):  4.46
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 8094, 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: …SIL ROM' (Constantine, Emperor of the Romans). Reverse: ...Єh ΘЄO bA / SILЄVS R / OMЄOh (Constantine, through God, Emperor of the Romans)

Bibliography:  DOC III.2.26.25

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