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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B5635
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Nicosia 1920 Hoard
Maker:  John II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1118-1143
Metal:  Electrum
Diameter (cm):  3.4
Weight (g):  4.20
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G1485, Spink, June 1963, from Nicosia, c.1920.
BIRBI-B5635.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. hand. Single pellet at each end of cushion on throne. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. George, nimbate and beardless, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision and chlamys; saint wears short military tunic, breastplate and sagion, holds sword in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC X (Jesus Christ) Reverse: IW / …CC / …O / …H (John, despot) Reverse: ʘ / ﬢ… (Saint George)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.8b.1

Notes:  Double struck on obverse.

4 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Nicosia 1920 Hoard



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1903
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John II Komnenos
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c. 1262
1297
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