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ID number: BIRBI-MH0104 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Constantine X; Eudokia Makrembolitissa; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1059-1067 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 5.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8073, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ standing (Type IVb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation. Obverse: To l. Eudokia standing, facing, wearing modified loros with crown; To r. Constantine standing, facing, wearing loros and crown.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.8.32
Notes: Countermark 9 (Shams) on obverse at centre; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.36
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