Christian coins from Rhodes. An introduction
Abstract
Several hundreds of Christian coins, mostly copper, which date from the reform of Anastasius I (498) till the loss of Rhodes to the Ottomans (1522) have been collected from excavations held in the town of Rhodes during the past decades. These are a representative sample of small currency coins that were in circulation back then. There is a comparatively large number of Constantinopolitan, type 2, for Heraclius and of type 2 bis for Constans II. Remarkable is also the high frequency of the 11th century class B anonymous folles, which present a characteristic pattern of wear. From the coinage of Alexius I the most common find is the tetarteron decorated with the jeweled cross.
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ΚΑΣΔΑΓΛΗ Ά.-Μ. (2011). Christian coins from Rhodes. An introduction. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 21, 267–274. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.564
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