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ID number: BIRBI-YH0018 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 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): 2.8 Weight (g): 2.14 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: From Yenimahalle Hoard, 1967, through Whitting. See Hendy 1969 'Coinage and Money' p.401 |
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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 above cushion of throne. 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: ΔЄI… (despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.24.5
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