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ID number: BIRBI-MH0095 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Alexios I; Thessalonica Denomination: Tetarteron Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 1092/93 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8171, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospel in l. hand, pellet in limb of each cross. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre, in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: + A C Ξ (Alexios)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.38.2
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