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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B6069 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theodore I Laskaris; Nicaea Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Bursa, Iznik Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1208 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 3.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 6135. Sotheby, December 1964. |
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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 either side. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre, and in l. hand anexikakia; star to r. of emperor. Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: None Visible. Bibliography: DOC IV.2.6.3 Notes: Overstruck on previous type of Theodore I (DOC IV.2.5a.1); undertype unusual in that the obverse (Virgin seated) is struck on the concave, while the reverse is struck on the convex. |
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| Nicaea | |
| Theodore I Laskaris Byzantine 1175 1221 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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