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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5638 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): 3.3 Weight (g): 4.21 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G1499, Spink, June 1963, from Nicosia. |
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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. Three pellets :· 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 with base and two steps. Emperor wears stemma, divitision and chlamys; saint wears short military tunic, breastplate and sagion, holds sword in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: …W / …C / …O / TH (John, despot) ʘ / Ι / Γ / I (Saint George) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.8c.8 Notes: Double struck on obverse. |
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4 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Nicosia 1920 Hoard | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| John II Komnenos Byzantine c. 1262 1297 | |
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