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Coin: 18215

Format: Coin
Issue: 11313

Copies in the Library

Location	Call Number	Status	Location Service	Notes
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Details

Notes

Traces of under-striking on obverse, letters? at 12 o'clock

Object Type

coin

Denomination

half-tetarteron noummion

Metal

Region

State

City

Ruler

Alexios III Angelos Comnenus (1185 to 1204)

Date

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 over right shoulder, and in left, shield

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 surmounted by patriarchal cross.

Reverse Legend

AΛΕZI ΔΕCΠOTH

Citations

References

Coin Description

Size: 16 in mm
Die Axis: 5
Weight: 2.21 in grams
Accession: Accession number: 719, 2017-01-21, Peter Donald
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