Co 262 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph