- Co 537 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of Manuel I) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1180
- Not before (date)
- 1143
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Manuel I 22.1-9, p. 335 (Uncertain Greek Mint: Type A (Light Standard))
- Description
- Coin clipped down into uneven hexagon with one rounded segment.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Edge snapped at obverse lower right; extensive, minute pitting and scratching. Small patch of white bronze disease on reverse bottom.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 77, no. 1198 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Half-tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Manuel I (1143-1180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.09
- Obverse Description
- Cruciform monogram of emperor; within thin beaded border
- Obverse Inscription
- Μ | Δ - Π – [Κ | Λ] (large, somewhat uneven letters)
- Reverse Description
- Facing bust of 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 (traces)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
-
- Reverse Photograph
-
-
“Co 537 (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/co0537>
