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ID number: BIRBI-B5675 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: John II; Thessalonica Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.8 Weight (g): 3.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3851, A. H. Baldwin, August 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels (open) in l. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand jeweled sceptre on long shaft, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: IWΔ CCΠΟΤT (John, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.14b.3
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