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ID number: BIRBI-B6382 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: Andronikos IV Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Tornese Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1376-1379 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.65 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 6051. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l. and saint, both mounted on horses; emperor, nimbate, wears stemma and loros and holds jeweled sceptre; saint, nimbate, wears ecclesiastical attire. Reverse: Palaiologan monogram in centre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: …NIKOVΔЄCΠO… (Andronikos, despot)
Bibliography: DOC V.1258-1260
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