Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B6468 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: John VII Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Tornese Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1399-1423 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.9 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5677. ex. James R. Stewart Collection, 30th January 1968, previously ex. Grantley Collection. |

|
Description: Obverse: Full-length figure of Saints Helena and Constantine, nimbate, holding between them Patriarchal Cross with lower transverse bar; both wear stemma, collar-piece and loros. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded and nimbate, wearing stemma and collar with three tippets; holds cross topped sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: IWAN…CЄN… (John)
Bibliography: LPC p.170.2
|