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ID number: BIRBI-B5687 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Manouel I; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 4.25 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G1646, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand; :·: in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-topped sceptre, and in l. hand globus surmounted by patriarchal cross; Manus Dei in upper r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) +KЄRO HΘЄI (Lord, assist) Reverse: MA / NOV / HΛΔЄ / O / T T/ W / ΠΟΡ / ΦV / PO / ΓЄ / NH / T (Manouel, despot, purple-born)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.1a.2
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