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    ANCIENT COINS

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    Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus, CE 1197-1203

    AE half tetarteron, 14 x 17 mm, 1.1 gm

    Thessalonica mint

    Obv:  Θ/ΓE left P/W to right; St. George, bust facing, nimbate, wearing cuirasse and sagion, holding spear and sword hilt

    Rev:  ALEXIW DECPOT, Alexius, crowned, wearing divitision and chlamys, standing facing, holding labarum and cross on globe, sometimes with hand of God at upper right

    Ref:  SB 2016; BMC 41-42