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ID number: BIRBI-B6312 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): 2.2 Weight (g): 2.20 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0721. A. H. Baldwin, April 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Palaiologan monogram, consisting of ΠA on bottom line and ΛΓ above. Reverse: Half-length figures of two emperors, holding between them labarum; both wear stemma, collar-piece and loros of simplified type, and hold in other hand cross-topped sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: Legend illegible.
Bibliography: DOC V.661-670
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