Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B6336 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Karageorgiou, N. C. Maker: Andronikos II Palaiologos; Andronikos III Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1325-1328 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 4.51 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G1792, ex. Karageorgiou Collection, 28th November 1970, 'from Istanbul'. |

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Description: Obverse: Half-length figure of Virgin, facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion, within the walls of Constantinople; sigla Γ *. Reverse: Full-length figure of Christ in centre, bearded and nimbate, crowning two emperors, l. and r.; to l. full-length figure of emperor Andronikos, bearded, wearing stemma, collar-piece and loros; hand upon breast; to r. full-length figure of emperor Andronikos, wearing stemma, collar-piece and loros; hand on breast.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) ANΔPO (Andronikos) ΛΛΝΔΝ… (Andronikos)
Bibliography: DOC V.493-503
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