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ID number: BIRBI-B5465 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Michael VII; Maria of Alania; Constantinople Denomination: Tetarteron Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1071-1078 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 4.01 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G0373, ex. James R Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Foreign Ambassador, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of the Virgin facing, wearing tunic and maphorion, holding medallion of the Infant Christ with cross behind head, pellet in each limb; single border of dots. Reverse: Half-length figures of Michael on l. and Maria on r. facing, holding between them long cross, with terminal pellets to arms, on with X on shaft. Michael wears modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, Maria wears modified loros with collar-piece and crown with pinnacles and pendilia; single border of dots.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +ΘKЄ ROHΘ (Mother of God, aid) MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: +MIXAHΛ SMA PIA (Michael and Maria)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.4.2
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