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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Comnen Dynasty| > |Alexius I| > BZ92379
Byzantine Empire, Alexius I Comnenus, 4 April 1081 - 15 August 1118 A.D.
|Alexius| |I|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Alexius| |I| |Comnenus,| |4| |April| |1081| |-| |15| |August| |1118| |A.D.|, According to CLBC I the weight of this type varies from 0.59 to 3.22 grams, with an average diameter of 18mm. Some examples are so small and light that it appears they could be half tetarteron. Despite the unusual variation in flan size, Marchev and Watcher note they were all struck with the same size dies and all examples are probably tetarteron.
BZ92379. Bronze tetarteron, Hendy p. 89 & p. 8, 14; DOC IV-1 45b; CLBC I 2.4.8; Ratto 2087; Grierson 1063; Sommer 59.27; SBCV 1932, VF, centered on a tight flan, earthen encrustation, areas of corrosion, uncertain Greek mint, weight 1.113g, maximum diameter 14.7mm, die axis 180o, 1092 - 1118 A.D.; obverse patriarchal cross on two steps, A - A / K - Φ (or similar) flanking in two divided lines across field; reverse AΛE-ZI (or similar), bust facing wearing crown, stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros, jeweled scepter in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand; SOLD











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