TYPE Byzantine Empire, Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118 AD), bronze tetarteron, Thessalonika mint
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Jewelled cross sith globus in each extremity and X at the middle, Greek letters in quarters S - F - AL - D ("O Cross, help Alexios Emperor")
Rev: Crowned bust with cruciform scepter, Greek legend TO KO[MNEN]
REFERENCE: SB 1931
GRADING: VF / AVF, flat spot, highlighted olive green patina, double struck reverse
ORDER INFO: B1976, $40
Interesting reverse double-strike, with two approximately equally visible images of the emperor, his scepter and partial legend, rotated at 120 degrees.