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ID number: BIRBI-MH0073 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.1085-c.1092 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 6.68 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 8175, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, with cross nimbus having one pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book with ornamentation (:·:) on cover; border of large pellets. Reverse: Half-length figure of the Virgin facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; border of large pellets.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.K.6
Notes: Overstruck on Romanos IV Diogenes follis.
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