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ID number: BIRBI-B5003 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 970-976(?) Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 6.07 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2094, ex. G. C. Haines, November 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus; cross with two pellets in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holding book; nomina sacra in left and right field. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ЄMMANOVHΛ (Emmanuel) IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: + IhSЧS / XRISTЧ / ѦSILЄ / ѦSIL (Jesus Christ, King of Kings).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 A1.10
Notes: Overstruck on Nikephoros II (Type II) over Constantine VII.
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