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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5641 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: John II; Thessalonica Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 4.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5976, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Virgin, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand labarum-topped sceptre, and in l. hand anexikakia. Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: …W / ...C / ...Τ / …W / …P ΦV / PO / ΓC / NH / T (John, despot, purple-born) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.11.1
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962 | |
| John II Komnenos Byzantine c. 1262 1297 | |
| Lord Grantley British 01 Oct 1855 05 Aug 1943 | |
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