Description
Collection Number: WC 11252
Object Number:
Dates: 1122 - 1143
Denomination: Tetarteron Noummion
Dimensions: 19.95mm
Weight: 2.43g
Authority: John II Comnenus
Mint: ThessalonicaThessaloniki
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: IC XC (horizontal line above IC XC) in field. Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels (open) in left hand.
Obverse Legend:
IC - XC
Obverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: Horizontal line above IC XC
Reverse Type: +IΔCC ΠOT; Bust of emperor, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in right hand jewelled sceptre on long shaft, and in left globus cruciger
Reverse Legend:
[+]IΔ(CC) [ΠOT]
Reverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Reverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Reverse Inscription Comments: N/A
Bibliography
DOC IV pp. 270-271 n. 14a-b, Plate X
BNP p. 698 nn. 2-5, Plate XCVI
BMC Byz vol. 2, p. 565 nn. 70-71, Plate LXVII,11
Ratto p. 110 n. 2109, Plate LI
Sabatier p. n. 21, Plate LIV,12
Sommer p. 341 n. 60.14
Sear 1953