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ID number: BIRBI-B5663 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: John II; Constantinople Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3046, Spink, 1955. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand jeweled sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: IW / ΔCC / ΠΟΤ / TW / … Φ... / P... / Γ… (John, despot, purple-born)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.13.5
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