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ID number:  BIRBI-B6464
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:  Follaro
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1391-1425
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.4
Weight (g):  0.53
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 6049. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma and collar with three tippets. Reverse: Equal-armed cross with six-pointed star in each quadrant; pellets in border.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: M… (Manouel) Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  DOC V.1610; Kent 124

5 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
Manouel II Palaiologos
Byzantine
1350
1425
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