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ID number: BIRBI-B5623 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: John II; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 3.1 Weight (g): 4.13 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G0051, A. H. Baldwin, January 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, seated upon throne with back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., crowned by Virgin. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece of four jewels, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand globus cruciger. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) KЄRO HΘЄI (Lord assist) Reverse: IW / ΔЄI / ΠI / TH (John, despot) ΘV MP (Mother of God)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.3a.3
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