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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5690 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Manouel I; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 4.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1684, British Museum, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand; :·: in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-topped sceptre, and in l. hand globus surmounted by patriarchal cross; Manus Dei in upper r. field. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) +KЄRO HΘЄI (Lord, assist) Reverse: MA / NHΛ / ...ЄC / ΠΟ / TH TW / ΠΟΡ / ΦVP / ΓЄN / NH / T (Manouel, despot, purple-born) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.1a.1 Notes: Plugged on obverse at 180 degrees. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Manouel I Komnenos Byzantine 1118 1180 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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