Co 416 (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, p. 238 (“barbarous style“; Thessalonica Fourth Coinage)
Preservation comment
Wear: flatstruck F-F+. Nicked edges; snapped edges or irregular pentagonal clipping?; sparse, slight pitting. Faint clouds of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, pp. 76, 91-92, no. 1184, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Tetarteron
Numismatic Authority
Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
20.0
Numismatic Mint
Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.79
Obverse Description
Jeweled, radiate cross on two steps with one globule flanked by two pellets at end of each arm; within thin dotted border (overall uneven rendering)
Obverse Inscription
In angles, [Ⲥ] - Φ | [Α]Λ - Δ
Reverse Description
Facing half-length figure of emperor, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type, holding in right hand scepter cruciger and in left hand globus cruciger; within thin dotted border (overall uneven)
Reverse Inscription
ΤⲰ Κ[-Ο-]Μ[ΗΝ]
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph