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ID number: BIRBI-B6097 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: John III Doukas Vatatzes; Magnesia Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion Place made: Eurasia: Manisa Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1221-1254 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.2 Weight (g): 3.45 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 6155. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection |

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Description: Obverse: Square, formed of four interlaced bands ornamented with pellets. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, short military tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds in l. hand sword, resting over shoulder, and in r. hand sheath, point downward.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: IW ΔЄC… O ΔKAC (John Doukas, despot)
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.56.1
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