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ID number: BIRBI-MH0045 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): 3.1 Weight (g): 8.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8127, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, 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: IZ XZ / bAZILЄ / bAZILЄ (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.B.57
Notes: Overstruck, obverse on obverse, on Class A2 follis. Possibly overstruck on Michael II post-reform (c.821-829).
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