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ID number: BIRBI-B5587 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Thessalonica Denomination: Tetarteron Noumion Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3802. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels (open) in l. hand; pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. 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: Λ…X (Alexios)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.38.8
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