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ID number: BIRBI-B5606 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Uncertain mint Denomination: Half-Tetarteron Noumion Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 1.51 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3806. |

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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 A / K Φ (Uncertain translation) Reverse: ΛΛ (Alexios).
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.45b.Var.
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