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ID number: BIRBI-B5478 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Michael VII; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1071-1078 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 10.30 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 786, ex. Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type V e) facing, bearded, with cross behind head, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book with ornamental cover (·>:<·); six-pointed star to l. and r. of bust. Reverse: bust facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia, holding labarum in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +MIX AHΛ RACIΛO (Michael Doukas, emperor)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.14a.2
Notes: Double struck on reverse.
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