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ID number: BIRBI-YH0032 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): 3.1 Weight (g): 2.73 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; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. hand; cross above cushion of throne to r. 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; St. Helena holds jeweled sceptre, St. Constantine holds cross-topped sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: KONII… (Constantine)
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.26.3
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