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ID number:  BIRBI-B5728
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley
Maker:  Manouel I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1143-1180
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.9
Weight (g):  3.79
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5699, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection.
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Description:  Obverse: Virgin, nimbate, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. hand globus cruciger surmounted by patriarchal cross.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MP V (Mother of God) Reverse: NANUHΛ ΔЄ (Manouel, despot)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.12a.Var.

Notes:  Mis-struck on obverse.

5 Related People

Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Manouel I Komnenos
Byzantine
1118
1180
Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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