- Co 878 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Manuel I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1160
- Not before (date)
- 1152
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Manuel I 18.1-23, pp. 329–331, pl. XVI (Thessalonica Type A (Heavy Standard))
- Description
- Coin clipped down into uneven hexagon, with one long segment rounded. Reverse struck weakly or with worn die.
- Published as
- Wear: VF. Slight chipping and contiguous cracking along edge; sparse pitting; wide areas of differential attrition on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 78, 92, no. 1226 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 10
- Has denomination
- Tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Manuel I (1143-1180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.9
- Obverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of nimbate, beardless St. George, [wearing tunic, cuirass, and sagion]and carrying shield in left hand and spear in right hand; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [Ο | Γ|Ⲉ|ⲰΡ]-Γ|Ι|Ο|Ⲥ (ⲰΡ in ligatura)
- Reverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of bearded emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collarpiece with five jewels, and jeweled loros, holding labarum in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- MANǒ-[ΗΛ ΔⲈⲤΠΟΤ?]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 878 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Manuel I from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0878>
