With this coin I enter the research into Eastern Empire MANUEL I COMNENUS 1143 - 1180 Half Tetarteron 2.25gr 18mm Brass Please show your coins of Komnenid and Doukid dinasty.
One of a very few Byzantine in my collection. Just happens to be of the Komnenid Dynasty: BZ Manuel I Comnenus 1143-1180 CE Aspron Trachy 35mm 4-6g Christ Gospels Labaran globus cruciger Virgin maphorium SB 1966 scyphate Ex: @John Anthony
Byzantine Empire Manuel I, r. 1143-1180 A.D. AE Tetartera, 18.18 mm x 3 grams Obv.: MANVHL DECPOTH, Manuel, crowned and wearing loros, bust facing, holding labarum and cross on globe Rev.: Barred IC - barred XC to left and right of cross with X at centre, on three steps Ref.: SBCV 1982 Ex. DC Collection
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=5633 I am new to CT, here is a link to my collection, I specialize in tetartera from Alexius I to Alexius III. This collection has taken over 20 years to assemble. Now days I look for better examples. This is a complete collection.
Hi Simon, Glad you joined CT! We have a lovely group of Byzantine collectors here that complements FORVM... QG
It was very interesting to look through these. I like the Isaac II tetarteron that has Michael the Archangel on it. A Latin issue type with him is one of my favorite types. You are a braver man than I to mess with the lead tertartera. I try to avoid pure lead.
What a wonderful collection and descriptive write up! Thanks for sharing it. It's so good to meet more Byzantinists!
The lead ones were the start of the series, copper/bronze was in shortage at that the time of the coin reform. However we don't know why but they discontinued. my examples of DOC 37 are the best I have ever seen, Doc 32 is extremely hard to come by as well, none of the three have SBCV numbers because DOC came out after Sears work had been published. I do have many more examples than what my collection shows, the collection is really my best example of each coin. The most interesting coin to me is DOC 41 , also an Alexius coin but at the time Hendy's first book was published no existing examples were known, he found the coin in catalog published a century earlier ,many doubted it actually existed at all. The coin was then found in a collection at an Istanbul Museum, I then found my example , to date only three are known. I think mine is in the best condition, it is a monogram of Alexius I. Thanks for the welcome and the compliments of my collection.
Hi @BenSi Here's a Alexius AE Tetarteron, SB 1931! The coin is actually much nicer looking than my terrible photos show. Welcome! Anyone know what the "C - Φ / AΛ − ∆" in the reverse mean?
C - Φ / AΛ − ∆ is an abbreviation for: S(taure) Ph(ylatte) A(lexion) D(espoten), Cross, protect Alexios, the despot.
My previous reply was not quite precise. In the abbreviation for the emperor's name, AΛ, the lambda is of course present, so I should have written Al(exion). Sorry!
