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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-2001.0328.14 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Michael VIII Palaiologos; Thessalonica Denomination: Trachea Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1261-1282 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 1.90 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Barber acquisition. A. H. Baldwin, 28th March 2001. |
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Description: Obverse: Half-length figure of Saint Demetrios facing, nimbate, holding sword and shield, wearing short military tunic and breastplate. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l. and of Archangel Michael, holding between them long cross; emperor wears stemma, divitision and paneled loros; Archangel Michael, nimbate, wears short military tunic and breastplate; Manus Dei in upper field. Inscriptions: Obverse: O AΓ ΔI MI TPI (Saint Demetrios) Reverse: MIX AЄI ΠO IC ΠA… (Michael, ?) Bibliography: DOC V.144-146
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