Co 1108 (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)
Description
Clipped down into uneven pentagon or hexagon with rounded segments.
Preservation comment
Wear: aG. Extensive, moderate pitting to cratering with slight, sparse fissuring and flaking.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1231 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain Byzantine“)
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Tetarteron
Numismatic Authority
Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
17.0
Numismatic Mint
Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.51
Obverse Description
Half-length bust of Alexios facing, crowned, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros, holding globus cruciger in left hand and scepter cruciger in right hand
Obverse Inscription
ΤⲰ Κ[-Ο-ΜΗΝ]
Reverse Description
Jeweled, radiate cross [on two steps] with globule flanked by two pellets at end of each arm
Reverse Inscription
In angles, Ϲ – Φ | [ΑΛ] – Δ
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1108 (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/co1108>