KC026 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
1118
Not before (date)
1092
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
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]
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph