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ID number: BIRBI-B6461 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Manouel II Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Follaro Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1391-1425 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.5 Weight (g): 0.68 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 531. A. H. Baldwin, 1948. |
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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, within mandorla, wearing tunic and kolobion; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, collar-piece and loros; holds in r. hand sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: …A Nȣ H Λ (Manouel)
Bibliography: DOC V.1603-1609
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