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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5365 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Isaac I; Constantinople Denomination: Histamenon Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1057-1059 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.7 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G885, Dumbarton Oaks Duplicates, April 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ seated on backless throne (Type III) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing, l. hand holds book; double border of dots. Reverse: Emperor standing facing, bearded, wearing scale armour, cloak, and crown with cross and pendilia; in r. hand labarum, l. hand on hilt of sheathed sword resting with point on the ground; double border of dots. Inscriptions: Obverse: +IhSXIShCX RCNANTIhm (Jesus Christ, King of Kings) Reverse: +ICAAKIOC RACIΛЄVCPWM (Isaac, emperor of the Romans) Bibliography: DOC.III.2.1.1 Notes: Evidence of folding on obverse; double struck on obverse. |
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Isaac I Komnenos Byzantine 1060 | |
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