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Name: Cantacouzene, Mikhail Brief biography: Russian Prince of Romanian and Greek descent who collected antique coins. Nationality: Russian Occupation: General Date of birth: 29 Apr 1875 Place of birth: Poltava Date of death: 25 Mar 1955 Place of death: Sarasota |
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Prince Mikhail Cantacouzene was a Prince and general of the Tsarist Russian Empire. He fought in both the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War. Following the Russian Revolution he relocated to Florida with his American wife, Julia, granddaughter of American President Ulysses S. Grant. While fleeing, some of Cantacouzene's antiques collections was sold or stolen. That which remained was sold on his death and through a series of sales came to the collections of Philip Whitting and Geoffrey Haines and thereby the Barber. He was a descendant of the Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos. |
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| Tetarteron Michael VI; Constantinople BIRBI-B5364 | |
| Tetarteron Nikephoros III Botaneiates; Constantinople BIRBI-B5502 | |
| Two-thirds Miliaresion Constantine X; Constantinople BIRBI-B5385 | |
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