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ID number: BIRBI-B6381 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Andronikos IV Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Stavraton Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1376-1379 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.8 Weight (g): 7.85 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4989. A. H. Baldwin, 6th September 1965, previously ex. Dr. Protonotarios Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, making benediction with r. hand and holding Gospels in l. hand; fleur-de-lis to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded and nimbate, wearing stemma and collar with three tippets.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +ANΔPONIKOCΔЄC…HCOΠAΛЄOΛOΓOC/ΘVXAPITIBACIΛЄTWNPWMAIW (Andronikos, despot, Palaiologos/by the Grace of God emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC V.1255-1257
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