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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B6156 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael VIII Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Trachea Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1261-1282 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 1.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0712. |
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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: Emperor being presented to Christ by Archangel Michael; emperor wears stemma, collar-piece, paneled loros of simplified type and sagion; above the Archangel Michael, beardless and nimbate; Christ, bearded and nimbate, wears tunic and kolobion, and crowns the emperor; holds scroll in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: M (Archangel Michael) O ΠΑ ΛЄ… (Palaiologos) Bibliography: DOC V.46-51
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Michael VIII Palaiologos Byzantine 1223 1282 | |
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