- Object type
- Coins
- Date
- Production: 1098 - 1100
- Subject(s)
- Bearers of the Cross
- Associated person
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Nicephorus Basilacius (active 1070s)
Subject: St Peter (1BC - 64-68AD) - Inscriptions
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obverse: IC XC
reverse: B B
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 28mm
Weight: 9.8g - Materials and technique
- Copper, struck
- Production place
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Edessa
Ancient Asia - Credit line
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The Mildred King Memorial Collection.
Gift of Colonel E.J. King, 1935 - Catalogue number
- BYZ13
Follis of Nicephorus Basilacius
Many of the early copper coins minted in the crusader states, like those in Antioch and Edessa, imitated existing Byzantine coins. This coin of Nicephorus Basilicus is very rare, and was identified as part of the Bearers of the Cross project.