KC073 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of John II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
1143
Not before (date)
1137
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Co 892
Comparanda
DOCIV John II 14b, pp. 270-271, pl. X (Thessalonica Type A)
Description
Coin clipped down into uneven pentagon.
Preservation comment
Wear: F/VG. Extensive, slight pitting; three sides of rim irregularly snapped, with deep, sharp cracks.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1141, 1142, no. 854, fig. 23.14
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Tetarteron
Numismatic Authority
John II Comnenus (1118-1143)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
19.0
Numismatic Mint
Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.88
Obverse Description
Facing half-length figure of Christ, showing cruciform nimbum with jeweled arms, wearing tunic and kolobion, holding Gospels in left hand and raising right hand in benediction; within thin dotted border
Obverse Inscription
IⲤ – XⲤ
Reverse Description
Facing full-length figure of emperor, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holding [globus cruciger in left hand] and jeweled scepter in right hand; within thin dotted border
Reverse Inscription
IⲰ ΔⲈⲤ-[ΠΟT]
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)