- Co 612 (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 Manuel 22.1-12, pp. 335–336 (uncertain Greek mint, Type A (Light Standard))
- Description
- Coin clipped down into uneven heptagon, reducing size and weight.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. Two deep nicks with tearing, otherwise smoothed edge. Slight, extensive pitting. Linear striations especially on reverse from aggressive mechanical cleaning.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 77, no. 1200 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Half-tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Manuel I (1143-1180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.26
- Obverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of bearded emperor, crowned, wearing stemma, divitision, collarpiece, and paneled loros and holding [labarum] in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand
- Reverse Description
- Cruciform monogram of emperor within wreath
- Reverse Description
- Undertype: traces of uncertain design to left
- 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 612 (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/co0612>
