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ID number: BIRBI-B5918 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Isaac II; Constantinople Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1185-1195 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.9 Weight (g): 2.89 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 3571. Hall Sale, November 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre, and in l. hand anexikakia; Manus Dei in upper r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: I / CA / A / K / IO / C ΔЄ (Isaac, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.4b.5
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