- Co 256 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of Manuel I) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1152
- Not before (date)
- 1143
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Manuel 22.1-9, p. 335 (uncertain Greek Mint Type A (Light Standard))
- Description
- Coin clipped down into somewhat uneven hexagon.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. Very slight pitting. Small area of white bronze disease on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 77, no. 1196 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Half-tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Manuel I (1143-1180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.11
- Obverse Description
- Cruciform monogram of emperor (bold)
- Obverse Inscription
- [Μ] | Δ - Π – Κ | Λ (large, somewhat uneven letters)
- Reverse Description
- Facing bust of beardless emperor, [crowned,] wearing stemma, divitision, collarpiece with six jewels, and panelled loros, holding labarum on long staff in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; within thin dotted border
- 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 256 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of Manuel I).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0256>
