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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B6368 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: John V Palaiologos; Anna of Savoy; Constantinople Denomination: Basilikon Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1342-1345 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 1.13 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4963. Leu, June 1965. |
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Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, seated on high-backed throne; Christ wears tunic and kolobion, and makes sign of benediction with r. hand, l. hand holds Gospels. Reverse: Full-length figure of Anna of Savoy on l. and of Emperor John V; Anna wears stemma and skaramangion, and holds in r. hand trefoil sceptre, l. hand on breast; emperor wears stemma, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand anexikakia and in l. hand cross-topped sceptre. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: AN… (Anna) IW (John) Bibliography: LPC 2 p.132; DOC V.966-984
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Anna of Savoy Savoyard 1306 1365 | |
| John V Palaiologos Byzantium 1332 1391 | |
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