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ID number: BIRBI-B5471 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): 1.05 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4715, A. J. Schulman, 7th June 1964, exchanged. |

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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 solid border. Reverse: Single solid border with pellet at 0 and 90 degrees.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: +ΘKЄR,Θ, / MIXAHΛ / ΔЄCΠOTH / TWΔOV / - KA - (Mother of God, aid Michael, Despot, of the Doukai)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.9.3
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