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ID number:  BIRBI-B6006
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):  2.4
Weight (g):  1.55
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3505.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ Emmanuel, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC X… (Jesus Christ) O / CM / A… (Emmanuel) Reverse: ...ΛΛΛ… (?)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.2.25.4

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Latin Empire
Western European


Thessalonica



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