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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B6472 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Hoard Z Maker: John VIII Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Stavraton Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1423-1448 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.3 Weight (g): 7.12 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3054. Bank Leu, Zurich, April 1956, from Hoard 'Z', 'containing apparently ten silver pieces (three Manouel II, seven John VIII)'. |
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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. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded and nimbate, wearing stemma and collar with three tippets. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +IOA…OΠΑΛЄΟΛΟΓΟCΘVXAPIT / +BA…POMЄION… (John…Palaiologos, by the Grace of God / emperor of the Romans…) Bibliography: DOC V.1628-1631
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4 Related People | |
| Hoard Z Byzantine | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| John VIII Palaiologos Byzantine 1392 1448 | |
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