Co 891 (Middle Byzantine half-tetarteron of John II from Thessalonica) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

1143

Not before (date)

1137

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

DOCIV John II 16b.1-6, p. 272, pl. X (Thessalonica Type A)

Contributor Notes

2012 (late May-early June): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2023: JLR enhanced description.

Description

Coin clipped down into even heptagon.

Preservation description

Wear: aF/G. Slight, sparse pitting and fissuring. Small areas of thin pink and pale blue bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1227 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

Half-tetarteron

Numismatic Authority

John II Comnenus (1118-1143)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

16.0

Numismatic Mint

Thessalonica

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.88

Obverse Description

Facing full-length figure of bearded Christ, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion and holding Gospels in left hand; all within narrow band border

Obverse Inscription

[IⲤ] – XⲤ

Reverse Description

Facing half-length figure of emperor, crowned, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys and holding labarum scepter in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; all within narrow band border

Reverse Inscription

ΙⲰ Δ[ⲈⲤΠΟ?]ΤΗⲤ

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph