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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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