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ID number: BIRBI-MH0027 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 976(?)-c.1030/35 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.1 Weight (g): 8.82 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 8109, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus cross having ··· in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book with ornamentation (:·:). Reverse: Unclear decoration above and below text.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: + IhSϤS / XRISTϤS / bASILЄϤ' / bASILЄ' (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.A2.
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