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ID number: BIRBI-B6298 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Andronikos II Palaiologos; Michael IX Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Assarion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1294-1320 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 1.58 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4873. |
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Description: Obverse: Seraph, with face in centre, and four wings surrounding, with additional pair of wings. Reverse: Three-quarter-length figure of Andronikos II on l. and of Michael IX, facing, holding between them cross on long shaft; both wear stemma, collar-piece and loros of simplified type.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANΔCN… (Andronikos) MIXAHΛN (Michael)
Bibliography: DOC V.638-646
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