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ID number: BIRBI-B5526 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Constantinople Denomination: Debased Tetarteron Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1087 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 4.01 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0128. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand; :·: in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds cross-topped sceptre in r. hand, globus cruciger in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +ΛΛЄΞIW ΔЄC ΠΟΤΤ… (Alexios, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.6c.2
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