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ID number: BIRBI-B5575 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1087? Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.8 Weight (g): 4.14 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7358, Glendining, 25th June 1970. |

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Description: Obverse: Cross, with globule at each extremity, on two steps. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC / NI KA (Jesus Christ conquers!) Reverse: CIPCVN / ЄPΓЄIBA / CIΛЗIΛΛ / ЄΞIW (The Saviour collaborates with emperor Alexios)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.19.6
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