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ID number: BIRBI-B6003 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Latin Empire; Thessalonica Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Frankish Date made: 1204-1261 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.7 Weight (g): 1.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5845. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Emmanuel, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...C X… (Jesus Christ) O / …M / MA N…U (Emmanuel) Reverse: TWK… (of the Komnenoi)
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.25.1
Notes: Double struck on obverse.
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