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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B6155 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael VIII Palaiologos; Uncertain mint Denomination: Trachea Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1261-1282 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 1.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 6192. A. H. Baldwin, 30th September 1968, ex. Dr. Protonotarios Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand; K to l. and retrograde K to r. of Christ. Reverse: Kneeling figure of emperor being presented to standing Christ by Archangel Michael; emperor wears stemma, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; above the Archangel Michael, beardless and nimbate; Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; crowns the emperor and holds scroll in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: X M (Archangel Michael) O ΠA ΛIЄ I… (Palaiologos) Bibliography: DOC V.43 (Exact Coin) Notes: DOC considers this type a provincial counterpart to Class IV in the series, attributing it to Magnesia or Thessalonica, while Bendall regards it as Constantinopolitan. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Michael VIII Palaiologos Byzantine 1223 1282 | |
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