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ID number: BIRBI-B5485 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: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1071-1078 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.2 Weight (g): 6.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0001, A. H. Baldwin, December 1948. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type V e) facing, bearded, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book; six-pointed star to l. and r. of bust. Reverse: None visible.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible
Bibliography: DOC III.2.14a.4
Notes: Overstruck on follis of Romanos IV Diogenes, in turn overstruck on anonymous follis, class G.
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