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ID number: BIRBI-MH0151 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: 1042(?)-c.1050 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 7.89 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8056, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Antiphonetes (Type IVc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing tunic and himation. Reverse: Jeweled cross with pellet at end of each arm.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: IC XC / NI KA (Jesus Christ conquers)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.C.34
Notes: Countermark 15 (fakhr) and countermark 18a (lillah) on obverse at 90 and 270 degrees respectively; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.39-40, 41-2
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