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ID number: BIRBI-B6361 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Andronikos III Palaiologos; John V Palaiologos; Anna of Savoy; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1341-1347 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.5 Weight (g): 4.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G590. Glendining, September 1956. |
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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Anna and of John V, standing facing; Anna wears stemma, collar-piece and skaramangion; John wears sremma, collar-piece and jeweled loros; Anna holds in r. hand trefoil sceptre with her l. hand on breast; John holds in l. hand cross-topped sceptre and in r. hand anexikakia; sigla Δ to r. of John. Reverse: Andronikos III on l., kneeling before full-length standing figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate; Andronikos, wearing stemma, collar-piece and jeweled loros, gestures towards Christ; Christ, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds r. hand in benediction and in l. hand holds Gospels.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ANA (Anna) Reverse: AN/Δ/N/HI/KI (Andronikos) IC XC (Jesus Christ)
Bibliography: LPC 1 p.116; DOC V.942-943
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