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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-MH0141 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): 2.3 Weight (g): 5.56 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8046, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Three-quarter-length figure of Christ Antiphonetes (Type IV c) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holding book; six-pointed star to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: Cross of equal arms ending in globules; In the centre, circle within which star of eight rays. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC (Jesus). Reverse: C Φ N Δ (Cross, protect the despot Nikephoros). Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.13 Notes: Countermark 28 (?) on obverse at 90 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.46 |
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| Mardin Hoard | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Nikephoros III Botaneiates Byzantine 1081 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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