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ID number: BIRBI-B6424 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): 1.9 Weight (g): 3.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5290. ex. Dr. Protonotarios Collection, 'almost certainly found in Greece.' |

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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 (Jesus) Reverse: ...ΛЄVCOΠAΛ… (emperor, Palaiologos)
Bibliography: DOC V.1451-1452
Notes: Clipped
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