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Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Tetarteron of Magnesia ad Sipylum
- Date
- 1222 AD - 1254 AD, Byzantine
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1985.C85.0015
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Tetarteron
- Coin Mint
- Magnesia ad Sipylum
- Issuers
- John III Doukas Vatatzes
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 1264
- Site
- Sardis
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust of St. George in tunic, breastplate, sagion, holds spear in r. hand and shield in l.; Reverse: Standing emperor in stemma, divitision, sagion with labarum in r. and akakia in l. Ιω/ΔΕC/ΠΟ/Ο/ΔΥ/Κ/Α/C.
- Condition
- Excellent
- Dimensions
- Weight: 2.42g; Diameter: 19mm.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Hendy 1969, p. 245, type C
- Author
- JDE