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ID number: BIRBI-B6371 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: John V Palaiologos; John VI Kantakouzenos; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1347-1354 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.4 Weight (g): 4.24 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G1539. ex. Dr. Protonotarios, April 1966. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Virgin Orans, nimbate and wearing tunic and maphorion, within the walls of Constantinople depicted with three upper castles and one lower castle; sigla B A. Reverse: Full-length figure of Christ in centre, bearded and nimbate, and wearing tunic and kolobion, crowning two emperors on either side. both emperors, bearded, wear stemma, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; both gesture towards Christ.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: IWЄNXW ([retrograde] John, in Christ) IWЄHXW (John, in Christ)IC XC (Jesus Christ)
Bibliography: LPC 1 p.138; DOC V.1193
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