Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1132 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 1118
Not before (date): 1092
Comment: JLR 2024: GET COIN AND CHECK PIX
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: DOCIV.1 Alexios 40a, pp. 236–238 (fourth coinage of Thessalonica)
Preservation comment: Wear: P.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 73, no. 1232 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monogram, Sixth Century, Nummus”)
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: Tetarteron
Numismatic Authority: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 19.5
Numismatic Mint: Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.94
Obverse Description: Jeweled, radiate cross on two steps with one large globule and two small pellets at end of each arm; within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Description: Facing half-figure of emperor wearing diadem and jeweled loros, holding globus cruciger in left hand and scepter cruciger in right hand (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 1132 (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/co1132>