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ID number:  BIRBI-B5459
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Michael VII; Constantinople
Denomination:  Histamenon Nomisma
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1071-1078
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.7
Weight (g):  4.29
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G0366, A. H. Baldwin, October 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Christ seated on square-backed throne (Type II b) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holding 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 cross of four pellet ·:·; double border of dots.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC (Jesus) Reverse: +MIX AHΛ RACIΛOΔ (Michael Doukas, emperor)

Bibliography:  DOC III.2.1.3

Notes:  Double struck on obverse; die drag on reverse.

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Michael VII Doukas
Byzantine


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