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ID number: BIRBI-MH0129 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: 970-976(?) Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 7.08 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8038, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: …hSϤS / RISTUS / … / ASILЄ (Jesus Christ, king of kings)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.A1.8
Notes: Countermark 19 (mahmud) on obverse at 270 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.42
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