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ID number: BIRBI-B6331 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Lord Grantley 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): 2.05 Weight (g): 1.56 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2457, A. H. Baldwin, 1948, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Half-length figures of two emperors, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft; both wear stemma, collar-piece and paneled loros. Reverse: Equal-armed cross with intersection at centre, within legend border.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None Visible. Reverse: …OPCCPWMAIWN+ (emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC V.705-710; LPC 51 p.98
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