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ID number: BIRBI-B5779 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: Manouel I; Constantinople Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 3.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5647, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Virgin, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: AN Δ (Manouel, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.17a.2
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