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ID number: BIRBI-B6536ADD Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Andronikos II Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Tetarteron Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1282-1328 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 0.56 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Half-length figure of Virgin, orans and nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion. Reverse: Half-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, collar-piece and loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse: A / N / Δ… NI… (Andronikos)
Bibliography: DOC V.2.627
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