Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-MH0143
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.1085-c.1092
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.6
Weight (g):  5.85
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 8048, January 1976.
BIRBI-MH0143.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, with cross nimbus with pellet in each arm. Reverse: Half-length figure of Virgin facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: None visible.

Bibliography:  DOC III.2.K.10

Notes:  Countermark 1 (atabeg) over countermark 13 ('izz) on reverse at centre; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.32, 38-9

3 Related People

Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Mardin Hoard



Viewing Record 1 of 1