Tetarteron - Alexios I Komnenos Thessalonica
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Features
| Issuer |
Byzantine Empire
(Byzantine states)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1092-1118 |
| Value | Tetarteron = 1⁄864 Hyperpyron |
| Currency | First Hyperpyron Nomisma (1092-cca. 1300) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.7 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 169058 |
| References | BCV# 1931 David R. Sear. Byzantine coins and their values. London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). |
Obverse
Jewelled cross on two steps, globus at each extremity, a cross at center.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
C | Φ
ΑΛ | Δ
Translation: Alexius Depost
Reverse
Bust of Alexius I, facing, crowned, wearing loros, holding cruciform sceptre with right hand and globus cruciger with left hand.
Script: Greek
Lettering: το | κ
Translation: Komnenos
Mint
Thessalonica, Macedonia, modern-day Thessaloniki, GreeceSee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1092-1118) | Reverse: το | κ | 73% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1092-1118) | Reverse: τω | κοMNΗ | 14% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 80
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