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ID number:  BIRBI-B5565
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:  Tetarteron Noumion
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1081-1118
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.7
Weight (g):  3.00
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3797.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded, with cross behind head, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand; U U in field of cross. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled-loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand jeweled sceptre (6 jewels), and in l. hand globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: ...ΛC Ξ… (Alexios)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.34.2

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Alexios I Komnenos
Byzantine

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