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ID number: BIRBI-MH0125 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: 976(?)-c.1030/35 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 6.88 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8077, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, with nimbus having :·: in each arm. Reverse: Floral ornamentation above and below text.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: + IhSϤS / XRISTϤS / bASILЄϤ / bASILЄ (Jesus Christ, king of kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.A2.40.23
Notes: Countermark 18b (lillah?) on reverse at 225 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.41-42; Countermark 21 (najm) on obverse at 270 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.43
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