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ID number: BIRBI-B5578 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): 2.85 Weight (g): 5.44 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 3810, Seaby, September 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Cross, with globule at each extremity, on two steps. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC / HI KA (Jesus Christ conquers!) Reverse: CЄPCЧN / ЄPΓЄIBA / CIΛЄIΛΛ / ЄΞIW (The Saviour collaborates with emperor Alexios)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.19.3
Notes: Pierced on obverse at 0 degrees.
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