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ID number: BIRBI-B6095 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: John III Doukas Vatatzes; Magnesia Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Manisa Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1221-1254 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.2 Weight (g): 2.57 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand; Pellets :·: in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l. and of Saint Constantine bearded, holding between them patriarchal cross at the base of which three steps; Emperor wears stemma, divitision, jeweled loros of simplified type and sagion; holds labarum-headed sceptre in r. hand; saint similarly dressed, holds cross-topped sceptre in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: XC (Christ) Є (Emmanuel) Reverse: IW…C… (John, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.39.2
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