- Co 896 (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 I 22.1-9, p. 335 (Uncertain Greek Mint: Type A (Light Standard))
- Description
- Coin clipped down into uneven hexagon.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: EF. Slight marginal chipping; severe flaking on obverse right; sparse, slight to moderate pitting. Specks of pale blue bronze disease on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 77, no. 1202 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 11
- Has denomination
- Half-tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Manuel I (1143-1180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 18.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.19
- Obverse Description
- Cruciform monogram of emperor within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- Μ | Δ - Π - Κ | Λ (large, somewhat uneven letters)
- Reverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of beardless emperor, crowned, wearing stemma, divitision, collarpiece with five jewels, and panelled loros, holding labarum on long staff in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand (bold and somewhat schematic); within thin dotted border
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 896 (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/co0896>
