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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 4886082, member: 74799&quot;]The following are the Thessalonica pre-reform coinage of Alexius I Comnenus.&nbsp; Majority of Alexius I&#039;s coinage are interesting, but very complicated between the pre- and post-reform coinage.&nbsp; Its a series I would love to complete in the future, if possible...</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118) Æ Follis, Thessalonica (Sear 1909; DOC 18) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: MP - ΘV in field; Facing bust of Virgin Mary nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast</p><p>Rev: +ΛΛЄΞI ΔЄCΠΟTTШK; Full-length figure of Alexius wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in right hand labarum on long shaft, and in left, globus cruciger</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/SB-1909.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118) Æ Follis, Thessalonica (Sear 1911; DOC 19) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Cross potent set on two steps; pellet at each termination of arm</p><p>Rev: CЄP CVN/ЄPΓЄI BA/CIΛЄI AΛ/ЄZIШ in five lines </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1911.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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