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ID number: BIRBI-MH0110 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.1080-c.1085 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 3.59 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8028, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantocrator (Type VIIIe) facing, bearded, with cross behind head having :·: on each arm, wearing tunic and himation. Reverse: Latin cross with large pellet and two small pellets at each extremity; beneath the cross, large crescent; to l. and r. above and below large pellets surrounded by small pellets.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.J.14
Notes: Countermark 13 ('izz) on obverse at 180 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.38-39
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