Co 209 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph