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ID number: BIRBI-MH0060 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.1050-c.1060 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 7.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8142, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ seated on square-backed throne (Type IIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holding book; nomina sacra to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: - + - above text, - U - below text.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: ISXS / bASILЄ / bASIL (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.D.31
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