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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5729 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Manouel I; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 3.2 Weight (g): 3.06 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 1420, Seaby, December 1948. |
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Description: Obverse: Virgin, nimbate, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. hand globus cruciger surmounted by patriarchal cross. Inscriptions: Obverse: MI ΘU (Mother of God) Reverse: MANOUHΛ ΔЄCΠ (Manouel, despot) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.12a.Var.
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Manouel I Komnenos Byzantine 1118 1180 | |
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