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ID number: BIRBI-B6602ADD Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Manouel I Komnenos; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Tetarteron Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1152-1180 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.5 Weight (g): 0.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds in r. hand spear and in l. hand shield. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...Є… (Saint George?) Reverse: None Visible.
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.23.1
Notes: Clipped into octagonal shape.
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