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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3133384, member: 95174&quot;]My rarest and perhaps most valuable. <b>Alexius I AE Tetarteron – Doc 41</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was once a numismatist legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael Hendy wrote “Coinage and Money in the Byzantine Empire “ in 1969, in it he lists a coin no examples were known, however he included it because of a listing in a catalog from Sabatier published in 1863. Some considered the coin to be mythical until one example came to light in the collection of the Archeological Museum of Istanbul. It was then also included in the Dumbarton Oakes catalog IV from 1999. I acquired mine 15+ years ago. It was the coin that kept me going to complete the collection of the denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ALEXIUS I AE Tetarteron S- Unlisted DOC 41</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><br /></p><p>Size 16/18mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 2.3gm</p><p><br /></p><p>This is believed to be a Thessalonica minted coin, it contains no silver. This example has now been published in BULLETIN du cercle d&#039;etudeas Numismatiques VOL 52 Jan 2015 by Cedric Wolkow, three examples are shown. This one appears to be in the best condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>DOC lists the other example in AMOI as the only example Weight 3.74gm and size at 17mm. [ATTACH=full]799667[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is a new photo, I am trying a new background color, the color of the Emperor,Purple.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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