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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-MH0126a Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Nikephoros III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1078-1081 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 4.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8187, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Three-quarter-length figure of Christ Antiphonetes (Type Ivc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus. Reverse: Cross of equal arms ending in globules; in the centre, circle within which star of eight rays. Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: C Φ N Δ (Cross, protect the despot Nikephoros) Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.18 Notes: Countermark 18a (lillah?) on obverse at 90 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.41-42 |
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| Nikephoros III Botaneiates Byzantine 1081 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Mardin Hoard | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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