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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-CR052
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.
Maker:  Henry I of Cyprus; Cyprus
Denomination:  Besant
Place made:  Cyprus
Culture:  Medieval
Date made:  1218-1253
Metal:  Electrum
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  3.72
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G.1704; ex "AJS" (Schulman?) 28.v.1968; ex J. R. Stewart collection.

Description: Obverse: Christ seated facing on high-backed throne. Reverse: king standing facing wearing loros and crown, holding globus cruciger in l. hand and cruciform staff in r.

Inscriptions: Obverse and reverse legends invisible.

Bibliography: CCS p.273 no. 16

Notes: cracked

4 Related People
	Henry I of Cyprus Frankish 1217-05-03 1253-01-18
	Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988
	Cyprus Byzantine;Frankish
	Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962

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