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ID number:  BIRBI-B6471
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Hoard Z
Maker:  John VIII Palaiologos; Constantinople
Denomination:  Stavraton
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1423-1448
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.4
Weight (g):  7.24
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3055. Bank Leu, Zurich, April 1956, from Hoard 'Z', 'containing apparently ten silver pieces (three Manouel II, seven John VIII)'.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, making benediction with r. hand and holding Gospels in l. hand. Reverse: Bust of emperor, bearded and nimbate, wearing stemma and collar with three tippets.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: +IW...ЄCΠOT…AΛЄOΛΟΓΟ / ΘVXAPHITIBACIΛЄVCTWNPOM (John, despot, Palaiologos / by the Grace of God emperor of the Romans)

Bibliography:  DOC V.1611-1621

4 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Hoard Z
Byzantine


Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
John VIII Palaiologos
Byzantine
1392
1448
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