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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-2001.0328.03 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Collector: Bendall 2001 Hoard Maker: John III Doukas Vatatzes; Magnesia Denomination: Hyperpyron Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Manisa Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1221-1254 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Barber acquisition. A. H. Baldwin, 28th March 2001, Hoard No.8. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l. crowned by Virgin nimbate; emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. hand anexikakia; Virgin wears tunic and maphorion. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: IW ΔЄ Π· TW Π Φ… (John, despot, purple-born) M ΘV (Mother of God) Bibliography: DOC IV.2.6b; Published in Lianta, 2006, Numismatic Chronicle
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| Magnesia Byzantine | |
| Bendall 2001 Hoard | |
| John III Doukas Vatatzes Byzantine c. 1192 1254 | |
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