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ID number: BIRBI-MH0037 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: c.1030/35-1042(?) Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.5 Weight (g): 6.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8119, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having □ in each arm and pellet in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; holding book. Reverse: Cross on base and two steps, pellet at each end of upper arms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: IS XS / bASIL / bASIL (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.B.61
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