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ID number:  BIRBI-B5604
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. C. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Alexios I; Uncertain mint
Denomination:  Half-Tetarteron Noumion
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  1081-1118
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.55
Weight (g):  2.05
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 921, Rev. E. Gantz, M.A., 1927.
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Description:  Obverse: Patriarchal cross on two steps. Reverse: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand jeweled sceptre, and in l. hand globus cruciger.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: A... / K Φ (Uncertain translation) Reverse: ΛΛC (Alexios).

Bibliography:  DOC IV.1.45a.20

3 Related People

Alexios I Komnenos
Byzantine

118
Uncertain mint



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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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