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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5434 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: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1068-1071 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 7.95 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0162, Seaby, June 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VII b var.) facing, bearded, with dotted cross behind head, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book with ornamentation (⋮⋮⋮). Reverse: Latin cross with X at intersection with one large and two small pellets at end of each arm; to l. and r. of pellets at base - Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC NI KA (Jesus Christ Conquers!) Reverse: C R P Δ (Cross, aid Romanos Diogenes) Bibliography: DOC III.2.8.14
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3 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Romanos IV Diogenes Byzantine 1072 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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