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ID number:  BIRBI-B5384
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constantine X; Constantinople
Denomination:  Two-thirds Miliaresion
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1059-1067
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.8
Weight (g):  1.04
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0246, Seaby, October 1949, ex. Kozolubsky.
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Description:  Obverse: Virgin standing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion, ·⋮· to l. and r. of head. Reverse: - + - below legend.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: +ΘKЄ ROH (Mother of God, aid!) MP OV (Mother of God) Reverse: +ΘKЄRO / CIIΛNTIWN / CTЄCΠOTH / TWΔȣKA (Mother of God aid…Constantine, despot, from the Doukai)

Bibliography:  DOC.III.2.6a.1

Notes:  Line omitted on reverse.

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Constantine X
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