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ID number: BIRBI-B5660 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: John II; Constantinople Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.76 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 689, Spink, 1923. |
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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: IWΔIIΠΙΤΗ TWΠΟPΦV… (John, despot, purple-born)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.12c.1
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