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ID number: BIRBI-MH0142 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.1075-c.1080 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.4 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8047, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, with cross nimbus with pellet in each arm. Reverse: Latin cross with one large and two small pellets at each extremity, small cross at intersection, and pellet with floral ornaments to l. and r. at base.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.I.39
Notes: Countermark 1 (atabeg) over countermark 12 (adl', 'izz) on reverse at centre; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.32, 37-8
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