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ID number: BIRBI-B6411 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Manouel II Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Half-Stavraton Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1391-1425 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 3.71 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7773. ex. Dorothy Wood Collection, 10th March 1971. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, making benediction with r. hand and holding Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded and nimbate, wearing stemma and collar with three tippets; · to l. and r. of emperor.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IC X (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +MANOVHΛBACIΛ...OΠAΛO (Manouel, emperor, Palaiologos)
Bibliography: DOC V.1459-1462
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