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bby_610049 - ALEXIUS I COMNENUS Tetarteron

ALEXIUS I COMNENUS Tetarteron AU/XF
150.00 €(Approx. 162.00$ | 129.00£)
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Type : Tetarteron
Date: c. 1092-1118
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Très joli droit. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Croix gemmée aux extrémités bouletées posée sur deux degrés richement décorée accostée de lettres.
Obverse legend : S -F/ AL - D.
Obverse translation : (Alexis despote).

Reverse


Reverse description : Buste de face d’Alexis Ier de face couronné couronné, vêtu du loros, tenant de la main droite un sceptre cruciforme et de la main gauche, un globe crucigère.
Reverse legend : Tw KoMNH.
Reverse translation : (Comnène).

Commentary


Poids extrêmement léger. Nous pourrions avoir affaire à un demi-tetarteren. Cependant, ce type semble bien un tetarteron.

Historical background


ALEXIUS I COMNENUS

(4/04/1081-15/08/1118)

Alexis I is the ancestor of a dynasty that would reign over Constantinople until 1204, when it was taken by the Crusaders. On a monetary level, Alexis reformed the gold coinage and created a new species, the hyperfather, a new solidus of 20 carats fine. Alexis I had to fight against the Normans. He tried to treat with the Italian republics, Pisa and Venice. At the end of his reign, he watched in despair as the Crusaders captured Jerusalem. Far from bringing together the Christians, separated by the Great Schism of 1054, this new intervention was to be the source of many conflicts between Byzantines and Crusaders..

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