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ID number: BIRBI-B5688 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Manouel I; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G0064, A. H. Baldwin, 1949. |
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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: ...A / VH / Є / O / I TW / Π / ΟΡ / ΦV / PO (Manouel, despot, purple-born)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.1a.2
Notes: Obverse double-struck; reverse die drag.
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