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ID number: BIRBI-B5525 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Alexios I; Constantinople Denomination: Debased Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1082-1087 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.7 Weight (g): 4.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2610, ex. Charles Oman collection, 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with straight back; holds Gospels in l. hand. 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: +ΛΛEΞIW ΔЄCΠ (Alexios despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.2b.2
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