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ID number:  BIRBI-B5430
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Romanos IV Diogenes; Constantinople
Denomination:  Two-thirds miliaresion
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1068-1071
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  1.08
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2407, A. H. Baldwin, 20th February 1954.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VII b) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing; l. hand holds book; single border of dots. Reverse: Solid bar above legend, - · - beneath legend.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +KЄ / R,Θ,PWMA / NWΔЄCΠO / THTWΔIO / ΓЄNЄI (Lord aid Romanos Diogenes, Despot)

Bibliography:  DOC III.2.6a

Notes:  Pierced at 0 degrees on obverse.

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Constantinople
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Romanos IV Diogenes
Byzantine

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