Record ID: NCL-3300B0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Published
An imitation of a tetarteron of Alexios I (1081-1118), post-reform (1092) of the mint of Constantinople. Reference for the real issue (and not this imitation) can be found in Dumbarton Oaks Coins vol 4, no 33. Julian Baker of the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) indicated that it was a good imitation, though the style was not quite right, and the coin itself is too round and not irregular enough to be an official issue of the era. That said, it is probably contemporary as these have very little collector's value, unless made as a tourist trinket in more recent centuries.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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