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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3632704, member: 95174"]I find this coin very interesting Doug, when Alexius did the coin reform he over stuck tetartera on top of the currently circulating follis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of a coin that did not exist but did receive a Sear number, SBCV-1910. The coin as seen here is an over stuck tetarteron. It is actually a SBCV-1931 The only difference in the coins is SBCV-1910 has a boarder of dots.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ALEXIUS AE TETARTERON S-1931 DOC 40 CLBC 2.4.7 SBCV-1910 </b></p><p>OBV Jeweled radiate Cross, decorated at the end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV. Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger and in l. Globus cruciger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 25/22mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 3.2gm</p><p><br /></p><p><b>This example is more than likely the coin listed as SBCV-1910 , Sear 1931 struck over a Class I or Class K anonymous follis. Hendy's ( SBCV-1910) lists at 2.96gm around 23mm</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]974570[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3632704, member: 95174"]I find this coin very interesting Doug, when Alexius did the coin reform he over stuck tetartera on top of the currently circulating follis. Here is an example of a coin that did not exist but did receive a Sear number, SBCV-1910. The coin as seen here is an over stuck tetarteron. It is actually a SBCV-1931 The only difference in the coins is SBCV-1910 has a boarder of dots. [B]ALEXIUS AE TETARTERON S-1931 DOC 40 CLBC 2.4.7 SBCV-1910 [/B] OBV Jeweled radiate Cross, decorated at the end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps. REV. Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger and in l. Globus cruciger. Size 25/22mm Weight 3.2gm [B]This example is more than likely the coin listed as SBCV-1910 , Sear 1931 struck over a Class I or Class K anonymous follis. Hendy's ( SBCV-1910) lists at 2.96gm around 23mm[/B] [ATTACH=full]974570[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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