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ID number: BIRBI-B5567 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: Billon Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 4.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3805, A. H. Baldwin, August 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated on throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +ΛΛC (Alexios)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.35.6
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