Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3601144, member: 95174&quot;]I recently acquired a metropolitan tetarteron that was still silvered. It is an Alexius I coin and it is a aEF condition, the silvering actually kept the cost of this auctioned coin down because it detracts from the beauty of the coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As I wrote above tetartera minted in the capital were issued with a silver wash making it easier for the user to distinguish it from the lower valued regionally issued tetartera. It is rare to find the coins with silver intact, sometimes you can see traces of silver but with handling of the coin it wears off easily. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]963679[/ATTACH] </p><p>Alexius Comnenus I SBCV-1923 3.83gm 19mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another example of the same type of coin. No silvering still present. Also an excellent example. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]963687[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>1923 ALEXIUS METROPOLITAN TETARTERON S-1923 DOC 36 CLBC 2.4.4 </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>OBV Christ bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated on throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction holds Gospels in l.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV Full length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, jeweled loros of simplified type, and sagion; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. gl.cr.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 18mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 3.96</p><p><br /></p><p>A really nice example </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 Metropolitan issues but intact fully silvered coins are very rare.) </p><p><br /></p><p>DOC Catalog lists 4 examples with weights fairly consistent from 3.49 gm. to 3.99gm and size from 16mm to 18mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in