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ID number:  BIRBI-2007.1025.02
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Nikephoros III Botaneiates; Constantinople
Denomination:  Two-Thirds Miliaresion
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1078-1081
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.8
Weight (g):  0.77
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Barber acquisition. Paul-Francis Jacquier, 5th December 2007.
BIRBI-2007.1025.02.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Virgin facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor standing, facing, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: …AΔЄ… (despot?)

Bibliography:  DOC III.2.8

2 Related People

Nikephoros III Botaneiates
Byzantine

1081
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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