- Co 262 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1118
- Not before (date)
- 1092
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Alexios I 40b.1-5, p. 238 (Thessalonica Fourth Coinage)
- Description
- Coin clipped down into irregular heptagon, with one rounded side.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Sparse, slight scratching and thin flaking; wide areas of differential wear.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 76, 91-92, no. 1183 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- Has denomination
- Tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 22.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.92
- Obverse Description
- Jeweled, radiate cross [on two steps] with one large globule and two small flanking pellets at end of each arm and inscription in angles; all within thin dotted border; rendering of forms is uneven
- Obverse Inscription
- In angles, Ⲥ - Φ | ΑΛ - Δ
- Reverse Description
- Half-length bust of Alexios facing, crowned, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros, holding globus cruciger in left hand and scepter cruciger in right hand; all within thin dotted border; rendering of figure is somewhat schematic
- 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 262 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios 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/co0262>
