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ID number:  BIRBI-B6097
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley
Maker:  John III Doukas Vatatzes; Magnesia
Denomination:  Tetarteron Noummion
Place made:  Eurasia: Manisa
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1221-1254
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.2
Weight (g):  3.45
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Whitting 6155. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection
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Description:  Obverse: Square, formed of four interlaced bands ornamented with pellets. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, short military tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds in l. hand sword, resting over shoulder, and in r. hand sheath, point downward.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: IW ΔЄC… O ΔKAC (John Doukas, despot)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.2.56.1

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
Magnesia
Byzantine


John III Doukas Vatatzes
Byzantine
c. 1192
1254
Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
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