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ID number: BIRBI-B6038 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Latin Empire; Uncertain mint Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma (Small Module) Culture: Frankish Date made: 1204-1261 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.5 Weight (g): 2.55 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4718. exchanged with A. J. Schulman, 7th June 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: Virgin, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l. and of St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft; Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds labarum-headed sceptre in r. hand; Saint wears short military tunic and breastplate; holds spear in l. hand, resting over shoulder.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: None Visible.
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.36a
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