Co 241 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I) [permalink]
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 I 43, p. 239, pl. VII (“Uncertain Mint (Greece?)”)
Contributor Notes
2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR identified.
Description
Angular cutting of coin along obverse left edge.
Preservation description
Wear: F+. Several slight nicks in edge all around; minor pitting and patch of flaking and gouge on reverse; incipient pale bluish bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1218 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine”)
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Tetarteron
Numismatic Authority
Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
18.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.44
Obverse Description
Facing full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holding Gospels in left hand; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
[I]Ⲥ – XⲤ
Reverse Description
Facing full-length figure of emperor, wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros, holding globus cruciger in left hand and [labarum] in right hand
Reverse Inscription
[☩ Α]Λ̣Ⲉ̣-[ΞΙⲰ ΔⲈⲤ]
Associated with month
Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph