BZ95158. Bronze tetarteron, DOC IV-1 14; Hendy pl. 17, 5-6; Wroth BMC 70; Grierson 1093; SBCV 1967, gF, porosity, edge crack, beveled edge on reverse, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 2.859g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 180
o, c. 1152 - 1160 A.D.; obverse bust of Christ facing, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, raising right hand in benediction, scroll in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ) flanking across field; reverse MANVHΛ ΔECΠOTHC, bust facing, wearing crown, stemma, divitision collar-piece and paneled loros, labarum in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand; from the S. Lindner Collection;
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