- Co 244 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Manuel I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1183
- Not before (date)
- 1167
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Manuel I 19.6, p. 332, pl. XVI (Thessalonica Type B)
- Comparanda
- Morrisson1970 II.12-13, p. 722
- Preservation comment
- Wear: flatstruck VF. One long crack at obverse axis 11; rare, minute pitting; extensive surficial flaking. Patches of white bronze to pale blue disease on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 77, no. 1206 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Manuel I (1143-1180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.07
- Obverse Description
- Plain radiate cross on three-stepped platform; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- To left and right, IⲤ – XⲤ
- Reverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of emperor, wearing stemma, divitision, collarpiece, and loros and holding [labarum] in right hand
- Reverse Inscription
- [ΜΑΝ-ǒΗ(Λ?) - ΔΕⲤ]-ΠΤ
- 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 244 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Manuel 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/co0244>
