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ID number: BIRBI-B5010 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Colton Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 976(?)-c.1030/35 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 8.89 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 738, ex. Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, bearded, with nimbus; cross with □ in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holding book with ornamentation (:·:); nomina sacra in left and right field. Reverse: □ above text.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: + IhSЧ / XRISTЧ / bѦSILЄЧ' / IѦSILЄ' (Jesus Christ, King of Kings).
Bibliography: DOC III.2.A2.47.22
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