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ID number: BIRBI-B5718 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Nicosia 1964 Hoard Maker: Manouel I; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 3.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5980, from Nicosia Hoard, c.1964. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, beradless and nimbate, weraing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC (Jesus) Reverse: …HΛ (Manouel)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.10b.2
Notes: Silvered
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