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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5636 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: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Electrum Diameter (cm): 3.3 Weight (g): 4.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G0058, Münzen und Medaillen, January 1949. |
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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 pellet 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 with base and two steps. 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: IW / ΔCC / ΠΟ / TH (John, despot) I / ΓC / W / Γ (Saint George) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.8.Var. Notes: Double struck on obverse; Fleur-de-lis on breastplate of St. George; Mule? Obverse of DOC IV.1.8a and Reverse of DOC IV.1.8c. |
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| John II Komnenos Byzantine c. 1262 1297 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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