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Half-Tetarteron of Manuel I (Type B)
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 1160–1167
Object Place: Byzantine, Middle East; Mint: Thessalonica
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm; Weight: 3.6 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4842
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Christ, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor; in l., globus cruciger.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.