KC026 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Is Part Of
Coin Finds
Not after (date)
1118
Not before (date)
1092
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Comparanda
DOCIV Alexios I 40b, p. 238 (Thessalonica Fourth Coinage)
Conservation
2007 (July 14): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).
Description
Clipped on three to four sides and rounded around rest of margin.
Preservation description
Wear: F. Very slight pitting; faint, thin, white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1141, 1142, no. 853, fig. 23.14
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Tetarteron
Numismatic Authority
Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
19.0
Numismatic Mint
Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.66
Obverse Description
Jeweled, radiate cross with one globule flanked by two pellets at end of each arm; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
In angles, Ϲ - Φ | ΑΛ - Δ
Reverse Description
Facing bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros, holding globus cruciger in left hand and scepter cruciger in right hand (schematic?)
Reverse Inscription
[ΤⲰ Κ]-Ο-[ΜΗΝ]
Explanation of deposition
Residual? Represents Middle Byzantine activity in area?
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0706-008
Location in unit
Byzantine–Post-Byzantine colluvium over bedrock north of Building A1.
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph