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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B5654 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: John II; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 3.91 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1421, Glendining, 3rd May 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: …CΠΟΤΤ ΠΦVPOΓNT (despot, purple-born)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.10a.6
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