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ID number: BIRBI-B5823 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Manouel I; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Tetarteron Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1143-1180 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.5 Weight (g): 1.00 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3542. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, and in l. hand shield. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: None Visible.
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.23.4
Notes: Clipped.
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