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Monograms
Coin: 18200
Format
Coin
Issue
11309
Details
Object Type
coin
Denomination
tetarteron noummion
Metal
Copper
Region
Byzantium
State
Thessalonica
City
Thessalonica
Ruler
Alexios III Angelos Comnenus (1185 to 1204)
Date
1197 to 1203
Obverse Figure Description
St. George, Bust, facing, O ΓI in field. Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds spear in right hand, resting on left shoulder, and in left, scroll or hilt of sword
Obverse Legend
ΓΕ/PW(ligatured) left, OC right
Reverse Figure Description
Emperor, standing, facing, Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in right hand labarum on long shaft, and in left, globus cruciger
Reverse Legend
ΛΛΕZIOC ΔΕCΠOTHC
Citations
DOC, Michael Hendy, Alexius I to Michael VIII, 1081-1261, 1999 Vol. 4, Part 1, p. 415 Alexius III 5a
BMC, Warwick Wroth, Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum, 1908 Alexius III 33-44
Sear, David R. Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, 1987 2015
References
DOC
BMC
Sear
Coin Description
Size
20 in mm
Die Axis
6
Weight
3.95 in grams
Accession
Accession number: 882, 2022-03-22, Chris and Helen Theodotou Collection
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