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ID number: BIRBI-B5555 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 4.13 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2397, A. H. Baldwin, 16th January 1954. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, and seated upon throne with back; holds Gospel in l. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys, holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre, in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: ΛΛЄ W ΔCC (Alexios, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.25a.2
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