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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. |
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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
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