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ID number:  BIRBI-B6539ADD
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Alexios I Komnenos; Philippopolis
Denomination:  Hyperpyron
Place made:  Europe: Bulgaria, Plovdiv
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1092-1118
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.6
Weight (g):  4.05
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4656. Herzfelder, 3rd March 1964.
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Description:  Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne withour back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) +KЄROИΘ (Lord, assist) Reverse: Δ / CC / ΠO / TH TW / KO / MN… (Despot, of the Komnenoi)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.31b (Exact coin)

3 Related People

Alexios I Komnenos
Byzantine

118
Philippopolis
Byzantine; Bulgarian


Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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