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ID number: BIRBI-MH0082 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Romanos IV Diogenes; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1068-1071 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 6.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8158, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VII b var.) facing, bearded, with dotted cross behind head, wearing tunic and himation; holding book with ornamentation (⋮⋮⋮) on cover. Reverse: Latin cross, with X at intersection and one large and two small pellets at end of each arm. To l. and r. of each pellets at base -.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC NIKA (Jesus Christ conquers) Reverse: C R P Δ (Cross, help Romanos Diogenes)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.8.14
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