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ID number:  BIRBI-B5965
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Karageorgiou, N. C.
Maker:  Latin Empire; Constantinople
Denomination:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Frankish
Date made:  1204-1261
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.25
Weight (g):  3.96
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4766. ex. Karageorgios, 29th August 1964.
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Description:  Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. sword, and in l. hand globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: …TH MAИOVΛ (Manouel, despot)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.2.2.8

4 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Karageorgiou, N. C.



Latin Empire
Western European


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