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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5929 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 III Angelos; Constantine I; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1195-1203 Metal: Electrum Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 4.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G0078. A. H. Baldwin, 30th January 1968, ex. James R. Stewart, 1947. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels 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 labarum, with triangle decoration, on long shaft; emperor and saint wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; both hold cross-topped sceptre, emperor in r. hand, saint in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) …HΘЄI (assist) Reverse: …CΠ (despot) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.2.Var.
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5 Related People | |
| Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962 | |
| Alexios III Angelos Byzantine 1211 | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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