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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3345165, member: 95174&quot;]Pre 1500 so still ancient. Imitation of an Alexius tetartera, many common types of imitations were made but the style of this one had some coin world fame. They messed up the Greek and inverted the letters.[ATTACH=full]885902[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><b>Imitation&nbsp; ALEXIUS AE Tetarteron S-1931 Var DOC 40 Var CLBC 2.4.7 </b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 18mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 2.22gm</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a barbarous imitation and an attempt to copy DOC 40</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is not listed in DOC or Sear but it is in CLBC They record sizes from 20-21mm and weights 3.0 to 3.5 gm , mine is a smaller. example[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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