| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1927 1009 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
| Year: | 1927 | |
| Coin Number: | 1009 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Tetarteron | |
| Mint: | Thessalonika | |
| Authority: | Alexius I | |
| Obverse Legend: | IC-XC | |
| Obverse Type: | Christ bust, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels (open) in l. hand; Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross | |
| Reverse Legend: | ||
| Reverse Type: | Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger; elaborate border | |
| Under Type: | Overstruck on Anonymous follis, Class K (almost certainly: large dotted border on reverse) | |
| Axis Clock: | 7 | |
| Weight Description: | 3.84 | |
| Weight: | 3.84 | |
| Diameter: | 21 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
| Findspot Description: | Odeion Southeast Excavation Date: 5/2/1927 Notebook: 94 p. 41 Line: 35, . | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. | |
| Reference: | DOC IV p. 235, 38.3-4; Hendy p. 88, First Coinage, Plate 8.7-8 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2010 2258 Image: digital 2010 2259 Image: digital 2010 2260 |
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