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ID number: BIRBI-B5574 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Lord Grantley Maker: Alexios I; Thessalonica Denomination: Debased Tetarteron Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1087 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.92 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2455, A. H. Baldwin, 1948, ex. Lord Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; beardless, nimbate bust of Christ on breast. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys, holds in r. hand jeweled sceptre (4 jewels), and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: +ΛΛЄ (Alexios)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.8.3
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