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ID number: BIRBI-B5682 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: John II; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1118-1143 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 2.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5972, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of St. Demetrios, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds in r. hand sword, and in l. hand shield. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-topped sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ʘ / ΔH / …H / T / PI (Saint Demetrios) Reverse: +IW ΔCC (John, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.17.7
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