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ID number:  BIRBI-B5557
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:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1081-1118
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  3.16
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5444, Seaby, December 1948.
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Description:  Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, and seated upon throne with back; holds Gospel 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: None visible. Reverse: None visible.

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.25b.Var.

Notes:  Chipped at 90 degrees on obverse.

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Alexios I Komnenos
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