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ID number: BIRBI-MH0088 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Nikephoros III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1078-1081 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 6.78 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8164, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Three-quarter-length figure of Christ Antiphonetes (Type IVc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm. Reverse: Cross of equal arms ending in large pellet; In the centre, circle within which star of eight rays.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: C… / N Δ (Cross, protect the despot Nikephoros)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.4
Notes: Overstruck on Class H anonymous follis.
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