- The
tetarteron (Gr****: [νόμισμα] τεταρτηρόν, "quarter [coin]") was a
Byzantine term
applied to two
different coins, one gold
circulating from the 960s...
-
called a
tetarteron (a Gr****
comparative adjective,
literally "fourth-er"), and the full
weight solidus was
called the histamenon. The
tetarteron was unpo****r...
- II
Phocas (963–969)
introduced a new
lightweight gold coin
called the
tetarteron nomisma that
circulated alongside the solidus, and from that time the...
- in the
veins of the
empress Irene.
Under Alexios the
debased solidus (
tetarteron and histamenon) was
discontinued and a gold
coinage of
higher fineness...
- the name
given to the gold
Byzantine solidus when the
slightly lighter tetarteron was
introduced in the 960s. To
distinguish the two, the
histamenon was...
- (Trikephalon/Manouelaton)
Billon aspron trachy (Stamenon)
Copper Tetarteron Half-
tetarteron Fourth period (ca. 1300 – 1350s) Gold
Hyperpyron Silver Basilikon...
- Constantine. Some
inscriptions ascribe the
masculine title Emperor to her. On a
tetarteron probably of late 1067, the
inscription reads 'Eudokia and Michael, emperors'...
-
Eastern Main icon of
Yuriev Monastery in Novgorod,
Russia (c. 1130)
Tetarteron of
Manuel I Komnenos,
showing a bust of
George (12th century) A depiction...
- (Trikephalon/Manouelaton)
Billon aspron trachy (Stamenon)
Copper Tetarteron Half-
tetarteron Fourth period (ca. 1300 – 1350s) Gold
Hyperpyron Silver Basilikon...
-
Second period (ca. 700 – 1092) Gold
Solidus or
Nomisma (later Histamenon)
Tetarteron (from 960s)
Silver Miliaresion (from 720)
Copper Follis Third period (1092...
