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ID number: BIRBI-B5996 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Latin Empire; Thessalonica Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Frankish Date made: 1204-1261 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.9 Weight (g): 2.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 6235. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand; star to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: Half-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.24.1
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