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ID number: BIRBI-B5613 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Alexios I; Philippopolis Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Plovdiv Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.8 Weight (g): 2.95 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5722, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand sceptre with large labarum as head, in which a cross; in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: T… / KO / M… (Of the Komnenoi)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.31a.1
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