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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
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