Alexius I, AE 22mm follis, Thessalonica. 1081-1118 AD. +A..M, Alexius, crowned bust facing, wearing loros, holding cross- tipped sceptre and cross on globe, all within border of large dots. C-F-A-D in the four corners, clockwise from top left, of a jewelled cross on two steps, X in the centre C-F-AL-D in corners, clockwise from top right. SB 1910, BMC 55 Extremely rare and not to be confused with Sear 1931, a tetarteron which is never seen in the circular shape of a follis. The M on the obverse could be part of the undertype on which this coin was overstruck. Contributed by David Elliot, November, 2005.