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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B6059
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Asenid Bulgaria; Alexios III Angelos
Denomination:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Culture:  Bulgarian
Date made:  c.1202-1215?
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  3.19
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 6145.
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Description:  Obverse: Beardless, nimbate bust of Christ, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l. and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them globus cruciger; emperor and saint each wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type, and hold labarum headed sceptre.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: None Visible.

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.3b.1

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Whitting, Philip David
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Asenid Bulgaria
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