- Co 891 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of John II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1143
- Not before (date)
- 1137
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV John II 16b.1-6, p. 272, pl. X (Thessalonica Type A)
- Description
- Coin clipped down into even heptagon.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aF/G. Slight, sparse pitting and fissuring. Small areas of thin pink and pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1227 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Half-tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- John II Comnenus (1118-1143)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.88
- Obverse Description
- Facing full-length figure of bearded Christ, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion and holding Gospels in left hand; all within narrow band border
- Obverse Inscription
- [IⲤ] – XⲤ
- Reverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of emperor, crowned, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys and holding labarum scepter in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; all within narrow band border
- Reverse Inscription
- ΙⲰ Δ[ⲈⲤΠΟ?]ΤΗⲤ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 891 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of John II 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/co0891>
