- Co 902 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1118
- Not before (date)
- 1092
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Alexios 40a, pp. 236–238 (Thessalonica Fourth Coinage)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Slight nicking around edge; slight, sparse scratching. Small patches of incipient white to pale blue bronze corrosion.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 76, 91-92, no. 1187 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
- Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 18.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.64
- Obverse Description
- Jeweled, radiate cross [on two steps] with one globule flanked by two pellets at end of each arm; within border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- In angles of cross, Ⲥ – Φ | ΑΛ – Δ
- Reverse Description
- Facing bust of emperor, wearing diadem, divitision, and traditional jeweled loros, holding scepter cruciger in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand
- Reverse Inscription
- Τ]Ⲱ[Κ-Ο-ΜΗΝ]
- 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 902 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios 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/co0902>
