- Co 261 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of John II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1137
- Not before (date)
- 1122
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV John II 16a.5, p. 272, pl. X (Thessalonica Type A)
- Description
- Coin clipped down into uneven pentagon or hexagon, with one rounded segment.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. One large marginal flake from reverse left; extensive, minute pitting.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 76, no. 1189, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Half-tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- John II Comnenus (1118-1143)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.43
- Obverse Description
- Facing full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, standing on [dias], wearing tunic and kolobion, holding Gospels in left hand; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [IC] – XC
- Reverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of emperor, crowned, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holding labarum sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; within thin dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- ΙⲰ ΔⲈⲤ[-ΠΟΤΗ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 261 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of John II from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0261>
