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ID number: BIRBI-MH0090 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Alexios I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1081-87? Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 6.54 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8166, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Equal-armed cross with pellet at each extremity. + above legend.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC / NI KA (Jesus Christ conquers) Reverse: CЄPCVN / ЄPΓЄIBA / CIΛЄIAΛ / ЄΞΙΨ (Saviour, assist the emperor Alexios)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.19.2
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