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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B6063 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theodore I Laskaris; Nicaea Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Bursa, Iznik Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1205-1212? Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.9 Weight (g): 3.89 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0847. |
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Description: Obverse: Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l. and of St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft; emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds labarum-headed sceptre in r. hand; saint wears short military tunic and breastplate; holds spear in l. hand, resting over shoulder.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: …OΘЄ…WPOS (Saint Theodore)
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.5a.3
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