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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B6564ADD
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Isaac Komnenos; Cyprus
Denomination:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Place made:  Cyprus
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1187-91?
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.4
Weight (g):  1.50
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; :·: in each limb of cross nimbus. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, skaramangion or divitision, and sagion; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre and in l. hand anexikakia.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: …A…A (Isaac?) ...Π… (despot?)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.3.2

2 Related People

Isaac Komnenos
Byzantine
c. 1155
1196
Cyprus
Byzantine;Frankish


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