- Co 892 (Middle Byzantine 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
- KC073
- Comparanda
- DOCIV John II 14b.6, p. 271, pl. X (Thessalonica Type A)
- Description
- Coin clipped down into uneven octagon.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aEF. Slight to moderate, sparse pitting and flaking growing to cratering; slight chipping along one edge.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1228 (R. Hohlfelder; identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- John II Comnenus (1118-1143)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 21.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.36
- Obverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of Christ, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holding Gospels in left hand and raising right hand in benediction; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- IⲤ – XⲤ
- Reverse Inscription
- Facing full-length figure of emperor, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holding globus cruciger in left hand and jeweled scepter in right hand; within thin dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- IⲰ - ΔⲈ-ⲤΠT
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 892 (Middle Byzantine 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/co0892>
