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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5618 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: John II; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 3.55 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G1396, A. H.. Baldwin, 30th May 1964, 'from Istanbul'. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Half-length figure of emperor on l., and of Virgin, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds anexikakia in r. hand. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion. Manus Dei in upper l. field. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +IWΔCCΠΟΤH (John, despot) ΘV MP (Mother of God) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.1a.14 Notes: Deliberate radial scratches on obverse. |
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| John II Komnenos Byzantine c. 1262 1297 | |
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