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ID number: BIRBI-MH0156 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): 2.3 Weight (g): 4.78 Provenance: Whitting 8061, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: None visible. 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.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.I.34
Notes: Countermark 1 (atabeg), countermark 12 ('adl, 'izz) and countermark 13 ('izz) on reverse at 180 degrees, 270 degrees and 135 degrees respectively; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' p.32, 37-9
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