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ID number:  BIRBI-B5864
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Isaac II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Hyperpyron Nomisma
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1185-1195
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.85
Weight (g):  4.54
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G1716. A. H. Baldwin, 30th September 1968, ex. Dr. Protonotarios.
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Description:  Obverse: Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne with back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of archangel Michael, beardless and nimbate, holding between them partially sheathed sword, point downward; Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collarpiece and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-topped sceptre; Archangel wears short military tunic, breastplate and sagion.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: I / CA / A / KI / OC (Isaac) X / AP X / MI (Archangel Michael)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.1a

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