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ID number: BIRBI-B5684 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): 1.6 Weight (g): 1.59 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3521. |
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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 / ΔI / MI (Saint Demetrios) Reverse: +IW Δ CCΠ (John, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.17.8
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