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ID number: BIRBI-B5679 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: Half-Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 1.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3519, Istanbul, December 1950. |

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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: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC (Jesus) Reverse: +IW (John)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.16a.2
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