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ID number: BIRBI-B6383 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Manouel II Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Stavraton Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1391-1425 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4054. Glendining, 28th November 1962. |

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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 X (Jesus Christ) Reverse: ANOVHΛΔЄC...ΛЄOΛOΓOC/ΘVARHTHBA····HTMPOMЄON (Manouel, despot, Palaiologos / by the Grace of God emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC V.1407-1411
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