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ID number: BIRBI-MH0150 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): 2.45 Weight (g): 5.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8055, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, facing, with cross nimbus. Reverse: Half-length figure of Virgin facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: MP (Mother of God)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.K.17
Notes: Countermark 26 (Zengid tamgha) and countermark 14 ('imad) on obverse at 135 degrees and reverse at centre respectively; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.38-9, 45
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