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ID number:  BIRBI-B6125
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:  c.1204-1261
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.7
Weight (g):  0.66
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Description:  Obverse: Unclear. Reverse: Full-length figure of ruler on l. and of Saint Constantine? Both hold between them patriarchal cross; emperor, bearded, wears stemma, divitision and simplified loros; holds jeweled sceptre? in r. hand; Saint Constantine, nimbate, wears stemma, collar-piece, loros and sagion; holds sceptre? in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None? Reverse: MAN…ΔOK… (Manouel Doukas)

Bibliography:  DOC IV.2.Var.

Notes:  Attribution to Manouel Doukas obtained through vestiges of inscription, but type apparently unpublished.

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