- Co 603 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of Manuel I) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1152
- Not before (date)
- 1143
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV.1 Manuel 22.1-9, p. 335 (uncertain Greek Mint Type A (Light Standard))
- Description
- Coin clipped down into somewhat uneven hexagon, reducing size and weight.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/F. Deeply chipped edge; severe pitting especially on obverse and sparse scratching on both faces. Extensive, thin film of pale blue bronze disease across obverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 77, no. 1199 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Half-tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Manuel I (1143-1180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 14.5
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.91
- Obverse Description
- Facing bust of beardless 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 (details faint); within thin dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Cruciform monogram of emperor
- Reverse Inscription
- [Μ] | Δ - Π – Κ | Λ (large, somewhat uneven letters)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“Co 603 (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/co0603>
