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ID number: BIRBI-B6453 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: Manouel II Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Tornese Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1391-1425 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 0.81 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 6050. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Figures of Manouel II and saint, both nimbate, mounted on horses, facing r., holding between them cross; emperor wears stemma, collar-piece and simplified loros. Reverse: Palaiologan monogram consisting of ΠA at centre, surrounded by circular legend.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: …VA…CΠOTIC (Manouel, despot)
Bibliography: DOC V.1598
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