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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5754 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. 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): 4.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5710, from Cyprus, 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand; pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, on l., crowned by Virgin nimbate; emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger; Virgin wears tunic and maphorion. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: MAN Δ (Manouel, despot) MP Θ (Mother of God) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.13d.7
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Manouel I Komnenos Byzantine 1118 1180 | |
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