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ID number: BIRBI-B6388 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): 2.4 Weight (g): 7.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3118. Spink, February 1957. |
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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; M to l. and M to r. of Christ. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded and nimbate, wearing stemma and collar with three tippets.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +MANVHΛΔЄCΠOT…/+ΘVXAPITHBACIΛЄVTWNPWMAI (Manouel, despot/by the Grace of God emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC V.1396-1411
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