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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 4611456, member: 95174&quot;]But it is a complete set..... Hmm okay staying within the rules it would have to be the coin that is almost impossible to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story behind it is very interesting. When is was first published in a modern publication was 1969, at that time the coin was considered by many to be mythical. Michael Hendy included it in his book because a 19th century catalog had one, however none were known to exist. Their was one found in Athens excavations but in horrible shape and many believed it to be mis cataloged. In the&nbsp; years following his original publication 1 coin was found in the Museum at Istanbul. I found mine 20 plus years ago as a miss attributed coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a 11th or 12th century&nbsp; Alexius tetarteron that has his name in a monogram like his grandson did in mass on a half tetarteron many decades after his rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is now published and no longer considered mythical. This example is one of two known , we do not know the location of the Athens example.</p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1142095[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AE Tetarteron S- Unlisted DOC 41 CLBC 2.4.11 </b></p><p><br /></p><p>OBV Monogram of Alexius.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV Bust of Emperor wearing stemma divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type holds in r. hand jeweled scepter and in l. gl. cr.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 16/18mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 2.3gm</p><p><br /></p><p>This is believed to be a Thessalonica minted coin, it contains no silver. This example has now been published in BULLETIN du cercle d&#039;etudeas Numismatiques VOL 52 Jan 2015 by Cedric Wolkow.</p><p><br /></p><p>DOC lists the above coin as the only example Weight 3.74gm and size at 17mm. Mine is considerably lighter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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