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ID number: BIRBI-B5006 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): 3.05 Weight (g): 9.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0055. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus; cross with two pellets in each arm; nomina sacra in left and right field. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None clearly visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 A1.6
Notes: Overstruck on Nikephoros II obverse on reverse.
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