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ID number: BIRBI-CR040 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Philip of Taranto; Lepanto Denomination: Denier tournois Place made: Nafpaktos Culture: Medieval Date made: 1294-1313 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 0.76 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 6980; bt A. H. Baldwin & Son 4.vii.1969. |

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Description: Obverse: short cross in circle with legend around. Reverse: Châtel Tournois in circle with legend around.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ♣ PhS P TAR DESP (Despot Philip, Prince of Taranto). Reverse: + 'NEPANTI CIVIS + (Of the city of Lepanto).
Bibliography: CCS p.397 no. 111a
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