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ID number: BIRBI-B5657 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: John II; Constantinople Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.8 Weight (g): 3.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5640, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Christ standing on dais, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: IWCCCΠΟΤΤΙ ...ΦVPOΓIΠΙΦ (John, despot, purple-born)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.12b.7
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