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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B5558 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Thessalonica Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.7 Weight (g): 4.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1408, Spink, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, skaramangion or divitision and sagion; holds in r. hand jeweled sceptre (4 jewels) and l. hand rests on hip.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: Λ / ΛC / ΞIW / ΔCS / ΠO / T / TW / KO / MN / M (Alexios, despot, of the Komnenoi)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.28
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