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ID number: BIRBI-B5952 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios III Angelos; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Tetarteron Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1195-1203 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.6 Weight (g): 1.71 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3597. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds spear in r. hand, resting on l. shoulder, and in l. hand scroll or hilt of sword. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. hand globus cruciger; Manus Dei in upper r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: Ꙩ / ΓЄ / WP / ΓI / OC (Saint George) Reverse: AΛЄXI...Δ (Alexios, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.7.5
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