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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5711 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: Electrum Diameter (cm): 3.1 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting G1457, A. H. Baldwin, July 1965. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with 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 and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. hand globus cruciger; Virgin wears tunic and maphorion. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: MANUH ΔЄCΠTHC (Manouel, despot) M V (Mother of God) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.6c.2 Notes: Pierced at 215 degrees on obverse. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Manouel I Komnenos Byzantine 1118 1180 | |
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