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ID:     122
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     John II, Comnenus
Date Ruled:     AD 1118-1143
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Half tetarteron
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 1118-1143
Diameter:     15 mm
Weight:     2.1 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Description:     Christ standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, holding gospels in left hand, to left IC, to right XC
Reverse Legend:     + ΙΩ ∆ΣCΠΟΤ (or similar)
Reverse Description:     Bust of John facing, wearing crown and jeweled chlamys, and holding labarum and globus cruciger
Mint:     Thessalonica
Primary Reference:     SBCV 1954
Reference2:     DO 16a.1-16c.3
Photograph Credit:     FORUM ANCIENT COINS
Source:     http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=2996