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ID number: BIRBI-B5862 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Isaac Komnenos; Cyprus Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Cyprus Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1185-1191 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.29 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 2448. ex. Edward Shepherd Collection, 1947. |

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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion, turned to r.; Manus Dei in upper r. field. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys, standing on dais; holds in r. hand cross on long shaft, and in l. hand globus cruciger; Manus Dei in upper r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP (Mother) Reverse: I / CA / AKI / OC Δ / ЄC / ΠO / TH / C (Isaac, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.9.1 (Exact coin)
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