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ID number: BIRBI-B6050 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Asenid Bulgaria; Manouel I Komnenos Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Culture: Bulgarian Date made: c.1195-1200? Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 2.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5704. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand; star above cushion of throne, to l. and r. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l. crowned by Virgin nimbate; emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger; Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: None Visible.
Bibliography: DOC IV.I.1a.5
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