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ID number: BIRBI-B6207 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Andronikos II Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Trachea Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1282-1328 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 2.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5969. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th Jaunary 1968. |
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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Virgin, nimbate and orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, standing, wearing stemma, collar-piece, loros and sagion; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: A/N…O/Π/A/ΛЄ/OΛ/OΓ/O/C (Andronikos, Palaiologos)
Bibliography: DOC V.593-594
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