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1930B ALEXIUS AE TETARTERON S-1930 DOC 39 CLBC 2.4.6
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OBV Bust of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion.
REV Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on a long shaft and in l. Globus cruciger.
Size 20/21mm
Weight 1.9gm
This is a Thessalonica minted coin, it contains no silver. It is believed to be valued at 1/864 Hyperpyron and the Metropolitan (Constantinople) issues at 1/288 Hyperpyron. This coins are much more common than Metropolitan coins and very abundant in today’s marketplace.
This coin is a mangled mess overstruck and made quickly.
DOC lists 5 examples with weights ranging from 2.05gm to 4.02gm and sizes ranging from 20mm to 22m
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