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ID number: BIRBI-MH0124 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Constantine VII; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 945-c.950 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 4.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8037, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross; in l. hand globus cruciger, in r. hand akakia. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …A SI… (…emperor…) Reverse: …OMЄOn (…of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.26.24
Notes: Countermark 18b (lillah?) on obverse at 270 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.41-42
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