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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5632 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Nicosia 1920 Hoard Maker: John II; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Electrum Diameter (cm): 3.35 Weight (g): 3.07 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G1468, Spink, June 1963, from Nicosia Hoard, c.1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. hand. Single at each end of cushion on throne. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. George, nimbate and beardless, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision and chlamys; saint wears short military tunic, breastplate and sagion, holds sword in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: …W / …CC / ΠO / TH (John, despot) ʘ / ΓC / WP / Γ (Saint George) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.8a.Var. Notes: Double struck on obverse. |
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| Nicosia 1920 Hoard | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| John II Komnenos Byzantine c. 1262 1297 | |
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