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ID number: BIRBI-B5716 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: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 5.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4615, Christie, 10th December 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, beradless and nimbate, weraing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: MANȣ...ΔЄCΠ (Manouel, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.10b.1
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