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ID number:  BIRBI-B5726
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Nicosia 1964 Hoard
Maker:  Manouel I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1143-1180
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.1
Weight (g):  3.87
Provenance:  Whitting 5982, from Nicosia Hoard, c.1964.
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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 XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: MANȣHΛ (Manouel)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.11a.4

4 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Nicosia 1964 Hoard



Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Manouel I Komnenos
Byzantine
1118
1180
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