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ID number:  BIRBI-B6107
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Theodore II Laskaris; Magnesia
Denomination:  Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Place made:  Eurasia: Manisa
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1254-1258
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.7
Weight (g):  2.55
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4828. Sotheby, December 1964.
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Description:  Obverse: Full-length figure of Saint Tryphon, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds cross in r. hand. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and paneled chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-headed sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger surmounted by patriarchal cross.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: Ꙩ TPV ΦW (Saint Tryphon) Reverse: Δȣ KA CO ΛA K P (Doukas Laskaris)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.2.6.3

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Magnesia
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Whitting, Philip David
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Theodore II Laskaris
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