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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5724 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: Manouel I; Constantinople Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.8 Weight (g): 3.31 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5696, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with back; holds Gospels in l. hand; pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, jeweled loros of simplified type and sagion; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC (Jesus) Reverse: MANȣHΛ ΔЄC… (Manouel, despot) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.11b.1
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Lord Grantley British 01 Oct 1855 05 Aug 1943 | |
| Manouel I Komnenos Byzantine 1118 1180 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962 | |
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