- Co 241 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I) [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 I 43, p. 239, pl. VII (“Uncertain Mint (Greece?)”)
- Description
- Angular cutting of coin along obverse left edge.
- Preservation comment
- 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]ΛⲈ-[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
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 241 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0241>
