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ID number: BIRBI-B6123 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Manouel Komnenos Doukas; Thessalonica Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1230-1237 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 1.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Half-length figure of Saint Demetrios, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, l. hand at waist. Reverse: Full-length figure of ruler on l. crowned by Christ, bearded and nimbate; emperor wears stemma, divitision and paneled chlamys; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre, and in l. hand anexikakia; Christ wears tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: OAΓIOC ΔHMPITO… (Saint Demetrios) Reverse: None Visible.
Bibliography: DOC IV.2.3a.3
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