| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |
|
Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B6160 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: Michael VIII Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Trachea Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1261-1282 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.7 Weight (g): 2.97 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 6161. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
|
|
Description: Obverse: Virgin, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne with back; B to l. and r. on throne back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: full-length figure of emperor on l. and of Archangel Michael; emperor, bearded, wears stemma, collar-piece, paneled loros of simplified type and sagion; Archangel Michael, beardless and nimbate, wears short military tunic and breastplate. Inscriptions: Obverse: MP V (Mother of God) Reverse: X M (Michael) X M (Archangel Michael) Bibliography: DOC V.59-63
|
|
2 Related Media Items
|
BIRBI-B6160.jpg |
BIRBI-B6160.jpg |
5 Related People | |
| Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Lord Grantley British 01 Oct 1855 05 Aug 1943 | |
| Michael VIII Palaiologos Byzantine 1223 1282 | |
| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |