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ID number: BIRBI-B5770 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: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5641, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion, turned to r.; Manus Dei in upper r. field. 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 anexikakia.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: MANUHΛ ΔЄCΠOTHC (Manouel, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.15.7
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