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ID number: BIRBI-B6220 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Andronikos II; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1294-1303 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 4.03 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 637. Spink, 15th March 1957, 'from a find near Istanbul 1956'. |

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Description: Obverse: Half-length bust of the Virgin Mary facing encircled by six castles and the walls of Constanintople. Reverse: Three full-length figures standing facing, Andronikos to l. and on r. Michael IX, both wearing loros.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God). Reverse: Δ/N/Δ/N/II/II/I (Andronikos), IC IX (Jesus Christ).
Bibliography: DOC V pl. 15 237
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