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ID number: BIRBI-B5453 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Michael VII; Constantinople Denomination: Histamenon Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1071-1078 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 3.2 Weight (g): 4.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3038, Spink, 1955. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type V f) facing, with long pointed beard and cross nimbus with :∙: in arms, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book with ornamentation (⋮⋮⋮); double border of dots. Reverse: Bust facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia; in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre decorated with :∙: , in l. hand globus cruciger with solid cross; double border of dots.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +MIX AHΛ RACI/I (Michael, emperor)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.2c.1
Notes: Double struck on obverse; die drag on reverse.
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