Corinth Coin: 1926 790
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1926 790
Title:   Coin
    Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   790
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I
Comments:   (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:    C - M / F - D
Obverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross with square cross arms; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:   + L
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:   5
Weight Description:   2.435
Weight:   2.435
Diameter:   20.5
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   N. of Temple
Excavation Date: 1926, .
Notes:   Record generated from NB catalogue.
    Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 236, 40a.1 ff.; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 8, 10-12
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Notebook Page: NB 549, spread 74 (pp. 138 - 139)