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Aspron Trachy of Manuel I (Type C)
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 1160–1167?
Mint: Thessalonica
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 33 mm; Weight: 4.31 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.382
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated upon throne without back; holds beardless nimbate head of Christ on breast. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, on l., and of St. Demetrius, beardless and nimbate, holding between them labarum on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds anexikakia in r. hand. Saint wears short military tunic and breastplate.