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ID number: BIRBI-MH0061 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.1060 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 5.93 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 8143, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having one pellet in upright arm and two in each lateral arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book; nomina sacra to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: - + - above text, - U - below text.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: IS XS / bASILЄ / bASIL (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.E.6
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