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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 7921168, member: 95174&quot;]This coin inspired me to complete my collection of 12th century tetartera. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368493[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>ALEXIUS I AE Tetarteron S- Unlisted DOC 41 CLBC 2.4.11</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>OBV Monogram of Alexius.</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>REV Bust of Emperor wearing stemma divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type holds in r. hand jeweled scepter and in l. gl. cr.</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Size 16/18mm</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Weight 2.3gm</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><b><font size="6">Currently the only other one known is in the museum of </font></b><font size="5"><b>archeology</b></font><b><font size="6"> in Istanbul.&nbsp; It was included in DOC but because it was included in a 19th century coin catalog. At one point it was thought to be a coin of Alexius II ( no coins known) but since he died as a boy the bearded figure eliminates this. Michael Hendy reassigned it to Alexius I. </font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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