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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David@PCC, post: 3199710, member: 80556&quot;]Very nice to obtain a rare mint and often have to take what you can get.</p><p><br /></p><p>My theory on the type below is that they were purposely broken at the mint possibly because they weighed more than they should have? It was an issue hastily made to pay soldiers in order to combat the Normans, which Alexius lost. Rumored that church silver was melted down to make these. DOC list 2 types of these, complete and broken very similar to mine. The complete ones weigh less than the chipped ones, which leads me to think these were purposely broken. If I remember correctly this was the last of the series with a high silver content before being debased.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827813[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexius I/ Transitional</p><p>AR Histamenon Nomisma</p><p>1081 to 1082 AD</p><p>Obvs: ::KЄRO ΛΛЄϞIω IC XC, Christ bearded and nimbate wearing tunic and kolobion. Holds gospels in left hand</p><p>Revs: ·ΔIMITI ΔϵCΠTH, St. Demetrius standing 3/4 facing presenting labarum to Alexius which holds sword and grasps shaft of labarum.</p><p>27x29mm, 4.17g.</p><p>Thessalonica mint</p><p>Ref: Sear 1904, DOC 4.1</p><p>Note: Sear lists as &quot;Extremely rare&quot;, chipped[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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