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ID number: BIRBI-MH0107 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.1070-c.1075 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 5.76 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8082, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus with X in arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book with ornamentation (:O:) on cover. Reverse: Patriarchal cross with one large pellet and two small pellets at each extremity and floral ornament to l. and r. at base.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.H.12
Notes: Countermark 10 ('adl) on reverse at 45 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.37
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