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ID number: BIRBI-B6325 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Andronikos II Palaiologos; Michael IX Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Assarion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1294-1320 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.2 Weight (g): 1.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1454. |
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Description: Obverse: None. Reverse: Full-length figures of two emperors holding between them labarum on long shaft; both wear stemma, collar-piece and loros of traditional type.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +THC/MAKЄΔ/ONIAC (of the Macedonians) Reverse: AYTOKIAI OC POMЄIO (emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC V.690
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