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ID number: BIRBI-B5727 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: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 5.05 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1418. |

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Description: Obverse: Virgin, nimbate, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. hand globus cruciger surmounted by patriarchal cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: MANUHΛ Δ Є CΠO… (Manouel, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.12a.2
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