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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 7995342, member: 95174&quot;]Here is a tetarteron from Alexius I and what is said to be a Turkish imitation ( Debatable) of the same denomination.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386963[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alexius I Comnenus, AE TETARTERON SBCV-1931 DOC 40 CLBC 2.4.7</b></p><p><br /></p><p>OBV Jeweled radiate Cross, decorated at the end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV. Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger and in l. Globus cruciger. Complete Inscription</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is also a Alexius coin, bellow it is an imitation, a beautiful example but an imitation none the less. It has similarities to the imitation of SBCV-1931, the scrambled Greek letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386964[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b> ALEXIUS AE HALF TETARTERON S-1932 DOC 45 CLBC 2.4.8</b></p><p><br /></p><p>OBV Patriarchal cross on two steps.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV Bust of emperor wearing stemma divitision and jeweled loros and in r. hand holding jeweled scepter and in l. Globus cruciger.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>The tetarteron denomination was imitated long after the rulers passed, the denomination stopped being officially produced in mass after the fall of Constantinople to the Latins in 1204, the coin held a great importance to the economy in Greece, so they continued issuing it with light weight crude renditions of the simple designs of two rulers, Alexius and Manuel Comnenus. None seem to exist of John II, Alexius son and Manuel’s father. </p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest problem with the 12th century coin imitations is they were included in Dumbarton Oakes and Other major collections inventory without realizing they were imitations, this of course put the average weights and sizes out of whack. </p><p><br /></p><p>Great idea for a thread [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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