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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3242808, member: 95174&quot;]I have been collecting coins of&nbsp; this denomination for twenty years and I just got a beauty. Anytime you find any of these coins this nice, it is rare. Tetartera were never recalled, they just circulated until more were needed in an area. This particular one is also very scarce , it is a Manuel Comnenus ( Or Komnenos ) He ruled 1143 AD to 1080AD. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]849233[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MANUEL METROPOLITIAN TETARTERON S-1969 DOC 16 CLBC 4.4.3 </b></p><p>OBV Full length figure of Christ standing on a dais, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; right hand raised high in benediction holds Gospels in l. hand. Pellets in each limb of nimbus cross.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV Full length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece, jeweled loros of a simplified type and Saigon; holds in right a labrum on a long shaft. On which X and in l. globus cruciger</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Size 19.6mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 3.0</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>DOC lists 11 examples with weights from 2.76 to 4.14 gm and sizes from 18mm to 20mm </p><p><br /></p><p>In the last two decades, I only managed to find three other examples as seen bellow. So you can imagine my delight on getting this new one. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]849236[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]849237[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]849238[/ATTACH] </p><p>Just wanted to share, it pays to keep looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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