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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-ET0011
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Lord Grantley
Maker:  Manouel I; Trebizond
Denomination:  Trachy
Place made:  Trabzon
Culture:  Trapezuntine
Date made:  1238-1263
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  3.05
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 6018. A. H. Baldwin January 1966, ex Grantley collection, bought by Grantley in Athens.
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Description:  Obverse: Virgin Mary enthroned, nimbate, HP to l. of head, θ to r. Reverse: Manouel standing facing wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding labarum in r. hand and akakia in l. manus dei in top r. of field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: M/N/Λ O / K (Manouel Komnenos).

Bibliography:  Bendall 19a var.

Notes:  Mounted to S of obverse. Gilded.

4 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Trebizond



Manouel I of Trebizond
Byzantine

1263
Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
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