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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5953 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): 1.7 Weight (g): 2.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3596. Glendining, 3rd May 1951. |
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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: O / ΓЄ / WP ΓI / OC (Saint George) Reverse: AΛЄX... ΔЄCΠOT (Alexios, despot) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.7.2
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Thessalonica | |
| Alexios III Angelos Byzantine 1211 | |
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