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- Co 1132 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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1118
- Not before (date)
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1092
- Comment
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JLR 2024: GET COIN AND CHECK PIX
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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DOCIV.1 Alexios 40a, pp. 236–238 (fourth coinage of Thessalonica)
- Preservation comment
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Wear: P.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 73, no. 1232 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monogram, Sixth Century, Nummus”)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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Tetarteron
- Numismatic Authority
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Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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19.5
- Numismatic Mint
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Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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1.94
- Obverse Description
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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
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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
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Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Christian Cross (Visual Motif)