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ID number: BIRBI-B5005 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): 2.9 Weight (g): 5.46 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2100. |

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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: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: + ЧS / ISTЧS / ѦSILЄ (Jesus Christ, King of Kings).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 A1.8
Notes: Overstruck on Nikephoros II
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