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ID number:  BIRBI-B5671
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  John II; Thessalonica
Denomination:  Hyperpyron Nomisma
Place made:  Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1118-1143
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  3
Weight (g):  4.48
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G1785, A. H. Baldwin, 7th July 1970.
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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. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., crowned by Virgin; emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. hand anexikakia; Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: IW / ...Є / …O (John, despot) Θ MP (Mother of God)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.5

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