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ID number: BIRBI-B5469 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: Two-Thirds Miliaresion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1071-1078 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 1.24 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5209, A. H. Baldwin, 10th March 1966. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Virgin facing, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, holding medallion of Christ, nimbate, with one pellet in each arm of nimbus cross; single border of dots. Reverse: - · - below legend.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: +ΘKЄ / ROH… / MIXAH… / ΔЄCΠOTH / TWΔᵾKA (Mother of God, aid Michael, Despot, of the Doukai)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.8.3
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