Co 902 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph