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ID number: BIRBI-B5598 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Thessalonica Denomination: Tetarteron Noumion Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1081-1118 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.4 Weight (g): 4.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 6121, A. H. Baldwin, 29th August 1968, ex. Dr. Protonotarios. |

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Description: Obverse: Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand cross-topped sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: C Φ / ΛΛ Δ (Saviour, protect Alexios the despot) Reverse: TO (of the)
Bibliography: DOC IV.1.40a.4
Notes: Overstruck on Anonymous Follis, Class K, in turn struck on Anonymous Follis, Class J.
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