Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3331277, member: 95174&quot;]Not a plate coin but is published.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]882702[/ATTACH] </p><p><b> ALEXIUS I 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>Hendy&#039;s original catalog mentioned the coin as mythical , a coin had been published a century before but no currently known examples.</p><p>By the time DOC IV was published twenty years latter, one was found in the collection of the museum of Istanbul.</p><p><br /></p><p>My example has now been published in <b>BULLETIN du cercle d&#039;etudeas Numismatiques VOL 52 Jan 2015 by Cedric Wolkow</b>, three examples are shown. This one appears to be in the best condition. The second one is the coin from the Istanbul Archeological museum and the third one seems to be from the archeological find in Athens.</p><p><br /></p><p>DOC lists their coin as the only example( Istanbul Museum ) Weight 3.74gm and size at 17mm. Mine is lighter but better condition.[/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