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ID number:  BIRBI-YH0022
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Yenimahalle Hoard
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):  2.48
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  From Yenimahalle Hoard, 1967, through Whitting. See Hendy 1969 'Coinage and Money' p.401
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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: IC XC (Jesus Christ) O / ЄM / AN NI… (Emmanuel) Reverse: NK… (Of the Komnenoi)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.2.24.4

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Thessalonica



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Whitting, Philip David
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