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ID number: BIRBI-YH0026 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection 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): 2.85 Weight (g): 2.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5684. ex. Dorothy Wood, 1967, from Yenimahalle Hoard, 1967, through Whitting. See Hendy 1969 'Coinage and Money' p.401 |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. hand; star above cushion of throne. Reverse: Full-length figures of Saints Helena (l.) and Constantine (r.), holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft and step; both wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; St. Helena holds labarum.
Inscriptions: Obverse: XC (Christ) Reverse: None Visible.
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.26.Var.
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