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40 nummi (follis) of Michael I
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 811
Mint: Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 1.71 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.4953
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: facing bust of Michael with short beard wearing crown and loros and holding cross potent.
Legend: effaced.
Reverse: facing bust of Michael with short beard wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger.
Legend: effaced.
Legend: effaced.
Reverse: facing bust of Michael with short beard wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger.
Legend: effaced.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: The Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins; bequest of Augustine Shurtleff to MFA; accessioned February 1, 1901