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ID number: BIRBI-B6305 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: Andronikos II Palaiologos; Michael IX Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Assarion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1294-1320 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 1.79 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5986. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Equal-armed cross with pellet in each quarter, surrounded by legend border. Reverse: Full-length figures of two emperors, holding between them labarum on long shaft; both wear stemma, collar-piece and divitision.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +ANΔPONIKOCΔЄCΠOTHC (Andronikos, despot) Reverse: A (Andronikos) MH… (Michael)
Bibliography: DOC V.647-654
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