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ID number: BIRBI-B6539ADD Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I Komnenos; Philippopolis Denomination: Hyperpyron Place made: Europe: Bulgaria, Plovdiv Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1092-1118 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 4.05 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4656. Herzfelder, 3rd March 1964. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne withour back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) +KЄROИΘ (Lord, assist) Reverse: Δ / CC / ΠO / TH TW / KO / MN… (Despot, of the Komnenoi)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.31b (Exact coin)
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