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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3628573, member: 95174"]I won this coin on ebay and even though its not perfect , it is very rare. It is an Alexius I City tetarteron, I have only seen several in my collecting career. The cost with shipping $12.00 </p><p><br /></p><p>Not perfect the above is a bit confusing. Not sure if it is a miss strike or a variation of sorts. It should have a U above the cross, the flan leaves them missing. The legend and cross fit the coin type perfectly. The left side of the cross is the issue. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]973211[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1921 ALEXIUS Metropolitan TETARTERON S-1921 Doc 34 CLBC 2.4.2 Grierson 1043 </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Bust of Christ, bearded with cross behind head, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds gospels in l. hand. UU in fields of cross.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r hand jeweled scepter and in l, gl. cr.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 17.58</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 3.3gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Metropolitan Issues were minted in Constantinople, each of these coins had an added silver content of 3% and were also issued with a very light silver wash (Silver traces are common on Cosmopolitan issues but intact fully silvered coins are very rare.) These more than likely were tariffed at a higher rate than the Thessalonica issues that have been shown to have no silver content. Cosmopolitan issue are in general far scarcer than the Thessalonica issues</p><p><br /></p><p>DOC catalog lists 3 examples with weights ranging from 1.6gm to 3.49gm and size is universal at 18mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my primary example, 18mm 3.5gm It gives you a better idea of the design of the cross behind Christ.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]973213[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3628573, member: 95174"]I won this coin on ebay and even though its not perfect , it is very rare. It is an Alexius I City tetarteron, I have only seen several in my collecting career. The cost with shipping $12.00 [B][/B] Not perfect the above is a bit confusing. Not sure if it is a miss strike or a variation of sorts. It should have a U above the cross, the flan leaves them missing. The legend and cross fit the coin type perfectly. The left side of the cross is the issue. [ATTACH=full]973211[/ATTACH] [B] 1921 ALEXIUS Metropolitan TETARTERON S-1921 Doc 34 CLBC 2.4.2 Grierson 1043 [/B] Bust of Christ, bearded with cross behind head, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds gospels in l. hand. UU in fields of cross. Rev Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r hand jeweled scepter and in l, gl. cr. Size 17.58 Weight 3.3gm Metropolitan Issues were minted in Constantinople, each of these coins had an added silver content of 3% and were also issued with a very light silver wash (Silver traces are common on Cosmopolitan issues but intact fully silvered coins are very rare.) These more than likely were tariffed at a higher rate than the Thessalonica issues that have been shown to have no silver content. Cosmopolitan issue are in general far scarcer than the Thessalonica issues DOC catalog lists 3 examples with weights ranging from 1.6gm to 3.49gm and size is universal at 18mm Here is my primary example, 18mm 3.5gm It gives you a better idea of the design of the cross behind Christ. [ATTACH=full]973213[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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