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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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Whitting, Philip David
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1903
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Constantinople
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Andronikos IV Palaiologos
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