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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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