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Tetarteron of Alexios III

Tetarteron of Alexios III

r. 1195 - 1203

Alexios III

Byzantine

Obv.: Inscription in field. Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds spear in r. hand, resting on l. shoulder, and in l., scroll or hilt of sword. Rev.: Inscription. Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, an din l., gl. cr.

Byzantine period

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