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ID number: BIRBI-B5775 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: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 3.68 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3531, Seaby, August 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Virgin, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: AИȣH ΔЄCΠ (Manouel, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.17a.14
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