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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1350. Estimate $250. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003. 
Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ALEXIUS I, with JOHN II. 1081-1118. Æ Half Tetarteron (2.42 gm). Post-reform coinage, 1092-1118. Thessalonica mint? Nimbate facing bust of the Virgin Mary, not orans / Facing crowned bust of emperor, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC IV 44; SB 1934. VF, usual weak strike. Extremely rare. ($250)

An attribution to a mint on Cyprus has also been suggested.