BZ95151. Bronze tetarteron, DOC IV-1 12; CLBC I 3.4.1, Wroth BMC p. 564, 62; Morrisson BnF 60/Cp/AE/1; Ratto 2099; SBCV 1945; Sommer 60.8; Hendy pl. 11, 5-7; Grierson 1071, VF, minor encrustations, some porosity, spots of corrosion, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.375g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 180
o, 15 Aug 1118 - 8 Apr 1143 A.D.; obverse Christ standing facing on dais, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, Gospels in left hand,
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XC (Greek abbr.: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ); reverse + IW ΔECΠOT TW ΠORΦOΓNT (or similar; John, despostes, born to the purple ), John standing facing, wearing crown, stemma, divitision, collar-piece and a simplified jeweled loros, cruciform scepter in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand; from the S. Lindner Collection;
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