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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3200831, member: 95174&quot;]Same series as QG posted above but this is from Constantinople mint. Minted around 1092 AD. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828390[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>1916 ALEXIUS PB Tetarteron S-Unlisted DOC 32 Constantinople mint </b></p><p>OBV Half length figures of John II beardless on r., and Christ holding between them labarum on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar piece and jeweled loros of a simplified type. Christ wears tunic and kolobion.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV Half length figures of Alexius on l. and of Irene, holding between them cross on long shaft. Both wear stemma, divitision, collar piece and jeweled loros of a simplified type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 19.29mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 5.8gm</p><p><br /></p><p>These lead Tetarteron are coronation issues of John II and believed to be the origin of the series of tetartera.</p><p>DOC lists 6 examples with sizes from 17mm to 20mm and weights 4.22gm to 4. 74gm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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