| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 114 | Auction date: 23 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 1550 Price realized: 40 GBP (Approx. 50 USD / 46 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Alexius I Comnenus Æ Tetarteron. Uncertain mint in Greece (?)., AD 1081-1118. Crowned bust facing, wearing loros and holding jewelled sceptre and globus cruciger / Patriarchal cross set on two steps; AΦ as monogram and K retrograde across fields. DOC -; Sear -; for another specimen cf. Obolos 27. 790. 0.76g, 15mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare Variant; apparently the second known. The usual initials on Alexius' Tetartera A-Δ Κ-Φ (ΑΛΕΞΙΟΝ ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΝ KYPIE ΦΥΛΑΤΤΕ, 'Lord, protect Alexius Despotes'), are here arranged as a monogram and letter, indicating an uncertain provincial mint. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
