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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Anonymous Byzantine Follis

Possible OriginCorinth, Greece, Europe

CultureByzantine

PeriodMiddle Byzantine

Dateca. 1028-1041 CE

MediumCopper alloy

Credit LineGift of Robert L. Scranton

Dimensions13/16 in., 1/8 oz. (2.1 cm, 3.7 g)

Object number1994.017.043

Label TextObverse: [+ ΕMMANOVHΛ around bust of Christ facing, surrounded by cruciform halo, wearing pallium and colobium, and holding book with both hands; flanked by IC and XC in left and right fields] (mostly illegible)

Reverse: Cross on three steps; inscribed IS XS above transverse arms of cross, and BASILE BASILE beneath

ProvenanceEx coll. Louise (1912-2003) and Dr. Robert L. Scranton (1912-1993), Chicago, Ilinois and Decatur, Georgia.

Status

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