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ID number: BIRBI-B6540ADD Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I Komnenos; Thessalonica Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1092-1118 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.9 Weight (g): 2.12 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 8221. A. H. Baldwin, March 1980. |

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Description: Obverse: Jeweled radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large pellet and two smaller, all on two steps. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: C Φ… (Saviour, protect…) Reverse: None Visible.
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.40b.1
Notes: Clipped to octagonal shape.
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