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ID number: BIRBI-B5668 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: John II; Thessalonica Denomination: Hyperpyron Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 4.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G1732, A. H. Baldwin, 23rd November 1968, 'from Istanbul'. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with back; holds Gospels in l. hand; pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., crowned by Virgin; emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand globus cruciger; Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ICX Xꓛ (Jesus Christ) +KЄRO HΘЄI (Lord, assist) Reverse: IW / ΔC / ΠΟ / TH (John the despot) Θ MP (Mother of God)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.7a.3
Notes: Die drag on reverse.
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