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ID number:  BIRBI-B6362
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:  John V Palaiologos; Anna of Savoy; Constantinople
Denomination:  Half-Basilikon
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1341-1347
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.6
Weight (g):  0.75
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 6194. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection.
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Description:  Obverse: Full-length figure of Christ, standing facing, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds in l. hand Gospels and makes benediction with r. hand; to l. and r. B and *. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor John V on l. and Anna of Savoy on r.; emperor, wears stemma, collar-piece and jeweled loros; Anna wears stemma, collar-piece and skaramangion; John holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre and in l. hand anexikakia; Anna holds trefoil sceptre in l. hand and holds r. hand on breast.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC X (Jesus Christ) Reverse: I/W (John) ...ΛЄΟΛΟΓΟC (Palaiologos) ANNA (Anna)

Bibliography:  Unpublished type?

6 Related People

Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
John V Palaiologos
Byzantium
1332
1391
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Anna of Savoy
Savoyard
1306
1365
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