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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B5613
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.
Maker:  Alexios I; Philippopolis
Denomination:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Place made:  Plovdiv
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1081-1118
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.8
Weight (g):  2.95
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5722, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968.
BIRBI-B5613.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand sceptre with large labarum as head, in which a cross; in l. hand globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None visible. Reverse: T… / KO / M… (Of the Komnenoi)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.31a.1

3 Related People

Alexios I Komnenos
Byzantine

118
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
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