Corinth Coin: 1914 2
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1914 2
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform - Counterfeit (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1914
Coin Number:   2
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform - Counterfeit
Obverse Legend:    [C] - F / M - D
Obverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:    TV[KO MNH]
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.65
Weight:   3.65
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Corinth
Excavation Date: ?
Supplementary Series Card #19, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Separated from original card (Card #19) - one of 2 coins
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 236, 40a.1 ff.; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 8, 10-12; BMC, p.551, type 9
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2452
Image: digital 2010 2453
Image: digital 2010 2454