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ID number: BIRBI-ET0226 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios IV; Trebizond Denomination: Asper Place made: Trabzon Culture: Trapezuntine Date made: 1417-1446 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 0.84 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 5899. Kress 8th June 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Saint Eugenios nimbate riding r. on horseback, holding sceptre in r. hand, B beneath horse. Reverse: Alexios riding r. on horseback, wearing crown with pendilia, holding trefoil sceptre in r. hand, B beneath horse.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …MN. Reverse: A/IЄ … M… (Alexios Komnenos).
Bibliography: Retowski 1.
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