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Aspron Trachy of Manuel I (Second Coinage. Type C)
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 1160–1167?
Object Place: Byzantine Empire, Constantinople (Istanbul), Middle East; Mint: Thessalonica
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 32 mm; Weight: 4.03 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.431
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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.
ProvenanceAnonymous gift in memory of Zoe Wilbour (1864-1885).