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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5943 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios III Angelos; Constantine I; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1195-1203 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 1.51 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4911. bought c.1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Beardless, nimbate bust of Christ, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand; Pellet, or pellets, normally in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them globus cruciger; emperor and saint wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; both hold labarum headed sceptre. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) …HΘЄ… ([Lord] assist) Reverse: …OK… ([Saint] Constantine) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.3c.11 Notes: Clipped; pierced at 180 degrees on obverse. |
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Alexios III Angelos Byzantine 1211 | |
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