- Co 1142 (Middle Byzantine tetarteron of Alexios I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIV Alexios 40a, pp. 236–238, pl. VII (Thessalonica Fourth Coinage)
- Description
- Coin clipped down into uneven hexagon.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/VF. Extensive flaking delamination has removed most of reverse; fine, extensive pitting. Thin film of pink and pale green bronze disease especially reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 76, 91-92, no. 1188, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- tetarteron
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 18.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.94
- 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] (traces)
- Reverse Description
- Jeweled, radiate cross on two steps with one globule flanked by two pellets at end of each arm; all within thin band border
- Reverse Inscription
- In angles, Ⲥ – Φ | ΑΛ – Δ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“Co 1142 (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, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1142>
