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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3098499, member: 95174"]You will find early Alexius I tetartera overstruck over anonymous follis types, that is because of the shortage of copper and the need to get the new denominations out quickly. However after his rule to the fall of Constantinople to the latins in 1204 You do not see overstruck tetartera, I believe it is because they simply stayed in circulation and were issued by new rulers only when the economy needed them. Several observations back this, to find any tetartera in excellent condition is a huge rarity, they are normally well worn. You also have a ruler like Alexius II produce no known coinage but his fathers coinage Manuel I is some of the most abundant, Also imitation tetartera minted in the 13th century imitates coins of Alexius and Manuel rulers who had left the planet 50 + years earlier. So I think a real change in thinking occurred, coins were not automatically created for a new ruler, they were created when shortages of the denomination occurred</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my favorite overstrikes because most likely the same coin appears as two different numbers in Sears catalog.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ALEXIUS AE TETARTERON S-1931 DOC 40 CLBC 2.4.7 SBCV-1910?</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]783771[/ATTACH] </b></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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 25/22mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 3.2gm</p><p><br /></p><p>DOC lists 25 examples with weights running from1.09gm to 4.22gm and sizes ranging from 17mm to 23mm</p><p><br /></p><p><b>This example is more than likely the coin listed as S-1910 , Sear 1931 struck over a Class I or Class K anonymous follis. Hendys ( S-1910) lists at 2.96gm around 23mm</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3098499, member: 95174"]You will find early Alexius I tetartera overstruck over anonymous follis types, that is because of the shortage of copper and the need to get the new denominations out quickly. However after his rule to the fall of Constantinople to the latins in 1204 You do not see overstruck tetartera, I believe it is because they simply stayed in circulation and were issued by new rulers only when the economy needed them. Several observations back this, to find any tetartera in excellent condition is a huge rarity, they are normally well worn. You also have a ruler like Alexius II produce no known coinage but his fathers coinage Manuel I is some of the most abundant, Also imitation tetartera minted in the 13th century imitates coins of Alexius and Manuel rulers who had left the planet 50 + years earlier. So I think a real change in thinking occurred, coins were not automatically created for a new ruler, they were created when shortages of the denomination occurred Here is one of my favorite overstrikes because most likely the same coin appears as two different numbers in Sears catalog. [B]ALEXIUS AE TETARTERON S-1931 DOC 40 CLBC 2.4.7 SBCV-1910? [ATTACH=full]783771[/ATTACH] [/B] OBV Jeweled radiate Cross, decorated at the end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps. REV. Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger and in l. Globus cruciger. Size 25/22mm Weight 3.2gm DOC lists 25 examples with weights running from1.09gm to 4.22gm and sizes ranging from 17mm to 23mm [B]This example is more than likely the coin listed as S-1910 , Sear 1931 struck over a Class I or Class K anonymous follis. Hendys ( S-1910) lists at 2.96gm around 23mm[/B][/QUOTE]
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