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ID number: BIRBI-B5353 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Constantine IX; Constantinople Denomination: Tetarteron Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1042-1055 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 4.03 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G0017, A. H. Baldwin, 30th January 1968, from James R. Stewart collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantocrator (Type VIIIc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand blessing, l. hand clasps book; single pellet border. Reverse: Bust of emperor facing, bearded, wearing jeweled chlamys and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in r. hand labarum, in l. hand globus cruciger; single pellet border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +IhSXISREXREGNANTIhM (Jesus Christ, king of kings) Reverse: +CωHST AHTh bASILЄЧSRM (Constantine, emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC.III.2.6.5
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