Description
Collection Number: WC 11146
Object Number:
Dates: 1143 - 1152
Denomination: Half Tetarteron
Dimensions: 17.51mm
Weight: 2.26g
Authority: Manuel I Comnenus
Mint: Uncertain
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: Monogram of Manuel. Large, often ill formed letters
Obverse Legend:
Monogram
Obverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: Monogram
Reverse Type: Bust of emperor, beadles, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece (most frequently decorated with six jewels), and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in right hand labarum on long shaft, and in left, globus cruciger
Reverse Legend:
Anepigraphic
Reverse Inscription Languages: N/A
Reverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Reverse Inscription Comments: N/A
Bibliography
DOC IV pp. 335-337 n. 22, Plate XVI
BNP p. 721 nn. 1-4, Plate C
BMC Byz vol. 2 p. 580 nn. 79-85, Plate LXX,18-19
Ratto p. 113 n. 2163, Plate LIII
Sabatier p. 211 n. 21, Plate LVI,8
Sommer p. 349 n. 61.23
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