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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B5561 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 4.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0017. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, pellet in each limb of cross, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in r. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-topped sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) +KЄ… (Lord) Reverse: Λ...ЄC (Alexios, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.26.2
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