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ID number: BIRBI-B6070 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): 2.85 Weight (g): 2.68 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4838. 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 on inside of chlamys as it drapes from arm.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: …W… (Theodore) ...K O… (Komnenos)
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.6.3
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