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ID number: BIRBI-B6454 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: Tornese Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1391-1425 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.9 Weight (g): 1.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5286. ex. Dr. Protonotarios Collection, 28th April 1966, 'almost certainly found in Greece'. |

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Description: Obverse: Standing figure of St. Constantine on l. and of St. Helena, both nimbate, holding between them cross with two crossbeams; both hold a hand on breast, and wear imperial dress. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded and nimbate, wearing stemma and collar with three tippets; holds in r. hand cross topped sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: …ANOH… (Manouel)
Bibliography: DOC V.1599
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