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ID number: BIRBI-B5672 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; Thessalonica Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 2.76 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5975, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand anexikakia.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: IW / ΔCC / ΠΟΤ / TW / ΠΟΡ ΦV / PO / ΓC / N… (John, despot, purple-born)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.11.5
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