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ID number: BIRBI-MH0144 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): 2.5 Weight (g): 3.92 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 8049, January 1976. |

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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: M (Mother of God)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.K.25
Notes: Countermark 9 (shams) twice, on obverse at centre, on reverse at 90 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.36
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