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ID number: BIRBI-B6559ADD 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: Half-Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.5 Weight (g): 2.54 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2449. Spink, 7th May 1954. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MP (Mother [of God]) Reverse: None Visible.
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.44.1
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