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ID number: BIRBI-B6168 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: Michael VIII Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Trachea Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1261-1282 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.4 Weight (g): 1.92 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 6164. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Half-length figure of Virgin, facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. Reverse: Emperor seated upon square backed throne, wearing stemma and loros of traditional type; emperor holds sword sword on knees.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΘV ([Mother] of God) Reverse: X M O Π Λ A I Λ ΟΓ OC (Michael Palaiologos)
Bibliography: DOC V.91-95
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