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ID number: BIRBI-B3533 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Khusrau II; Alexandria Denomination: Dodecanummium Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Byzantine; Sasanian Date made: 618-628 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 6.06 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1620. |
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Description: Obverse: The bust of an emperor facing, wearing cuirass, and cross-topped crown with pendilia. A star in the l. of the field; a crescent in the r. of the field. Reverse: IB; cross on a globe between the numerals.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None. Mint mark: AΛЄZ [in retrograde].
Bibliography: MIB III 202b
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