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ID number: BIRBI-B6009 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Yenimahalle Hoard Maker: Latin Empire; Thessalonica Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Frankish Date made: 1204-1261 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 2.61 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5685. ex. Dorothy Wood, 1967, ex. Yenimahalle Hoard. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figures of Saints Helena (l.) and Constantine (r.) holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft and step; both wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; Saint Helen holds jeweled sceptre, Saint Constantine holds cross-topped sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: …K…TΛTΛIИ (Saint Constantine)
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.26.3
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