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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5819 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; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Tetarteron Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.9 Weight (g): 2.59 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0257, ex. James R. Stewart, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand; pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing uncertain dress (stemma, short military tunic, breastplate and sagion?); holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: MAИȣHΛ ΔЄC ΠOTH (Manouel, despot) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.21.3
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| Thessalonica | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Stewart, James R. Australian 03 Jul 1913 06 Feb 1962 | |
| Lord Grantley British 01 Oct 1855 05 Aug 1943 | |
| Manouel I Komnenos Byzantine 1118 1180 | |
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