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<p>[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 3905137, member: 74799"]You don't typically run into this particular coin. Probably the 3rd example I have seen. I bought this one a while ago by chance and was lucky to spot it:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus (1197-1203) Æ Tetarteron, Thessalonica (Sear 2015; DOC 5a) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: <i>Θ/ΓЄ/ШP ΓI/OC</i>; Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds spear in right hand, resting on left shoulder, and in left, hilt of sword</p><p>Rev: <i>ΑΛЄΞΙΟC ΔЄCΠΟΤΗC</i>; Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; 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/normal_Sear-2015.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 3905137, member: 74799"]You don't typically run into this particular coin. Probably the 3rd example I have seen. I bought this one a while ago by chance and was lucky to spot it: [B] Byzantine Empire: Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus (1197-1203) Æ Tetarteron, Thessalonica (Sear 2015; DOC 5a) [/B] Obv: [I]Θ/ΓЄ/ШP ΓI/OC[/I]; Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds spear in right hand, resting on left shoulder, and in left, hilt of sword Rev: [I]ΑΛЄΞΙΟC ΔЄCΠΟΤΗC[/I]; Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in right hand labarum on long shaft, and in left globus cruciger [img]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-2015.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
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