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ID number: BIRBI-MH0133 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.1065-c.1070 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.8 Weight (g): 5.88 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8071, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type IX a) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing tunic and himation. Reverse: Bust of Virgin facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.G.24
Notes: Countermark 21 (najm) on obverse at centre; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.43
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