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ID number: BIRBI-B5412 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: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1059-1067 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 6.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5361, Spink, August 1966, from S.E Turkey. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type Vf) facing, with long beard and cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book. Reverse: Bust of emperor facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia; in r. hand cross, held vertically, in l. hand akakia.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +ЄMMA… (Emmanuel) Reverse: None visible.
Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.16
Notes: Overstruck on anonymous follis, class C, obverse on obverse.
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