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ID number: BIRBI-MH0116 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.1030/35-1042(?) Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 6.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8030, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having □ in each arm and pellet in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation. Reverse: Cross on base and two steps, pellet at each end of upper arms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: IS XS / bASILЄ / bASILЄ (Jesus Christ, king of kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.B.61
Notes: Countermark 14 ('imad) on obverse at centre; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.39
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