- Co 209 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1118
- Not before (date)
- 1081
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Alexios 36, p. 234 (Constantinople Type E)
- Description
- Coin clipped down into uneven octagon.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F/G. Small nicks around edges; slight, frequent pitting on faces; small patches of light blue bronze corrosion on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1216 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.7
- Obverse Description
- Nimbate bust of Christ facing enthroned, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels in left hand
- Obverse Inscription
- [IⲤ] – XⲤ
- Reverse Description
- Full-length figure of emperor, standing facing, wearing stemma, divitision, jeweled loros, and sagion, holding globus cruciger in left hand and long labarum in bent right arm
- Reverse Inscription
- [☩] ΑΛⲈ[ΞΙⲰ - ΔⲈⲤΠΟΤ] ΤⲰ Κ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 209 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0209>
