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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3569
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Anonymous; Alexandria
Denomination:  Three Nummi
Place made:  Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  c.600-c.650
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.5
Weight (g):  2.15
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3148. A.H. Baldwin, 15th March 1957; "gift".
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Description:  Obverse: Palm tree. Reverse: Γ; a cross to the r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  MIB III 214

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear.

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Alexandria



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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