- Co 215 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1118
- Not before (date)
- 1092
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Alexios I 40b, p. 238 (Thessalonica Fourth Coinage)
- Description
- Coin cut down into irregular pentagon.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG/F. Slight cracking and pitting around edges and on both faces; incipient cratering.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 76, 91-92, no. 1182 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.06
- Obverse Description
- Jeweled, radiate cross with one globule and two small pellets at end of each arm, on stepped platform; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- In angles of cross, [Ⲥ] - 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; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [ΤⲰ Κ]-Ο-Μ[ΗΝ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 215 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0215>
