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Tetarteron of Alexios III

Tetarteron of Alexios III

r. 1195 - 1203

Alexios III

Byzantine

Obv.: Inscription in field. Bust of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion, turned to r. Manus Dei in upper r. field. Rev.: Inscription. Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., gl. cr.

Byzantine period

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