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ID number: BIRBI-B5604 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Alexios I; Uncertain mint Denomination: Half-Tetarteron Noumion Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 2.05 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 921, Rev. E. Gantz, M.A., 1927. |
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Description: Obverse: Patriarchal cross on two steps. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand jeweled sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: A... / K Φ (Uncertain translation) Reverse: ΛΛC (Alexios).
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.45a.20
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