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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.

3 Related People

Michael VII Doukas
Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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