Gab es eine komnenische Münzprägung in Nordsyrien?

Abstract

The article discusses two groups of copper coins of Alexios I Komnenos. The first is a follis type that has been commonly attributed to Thessalonike (HENDY, Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue 19). It is suggested, on the basis of typology, style, and some indications of provenances, that it was in fact struck in Edessa (Şanlıurfa). The second group considered—imitations of tetartera from Thessalonike (HENDY, Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue 38 and 40)—is sometimes overstruck in coins of the Syrian Selçuks; it is tentatively attributed to Laodikeia (Latakia). This hypothesis is less certain than the attribution to Edessa mentioned above.