Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1927 1372 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin (AD 1195) | |
Year: | 1927 | |
Coin Number: | 1372 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Comments: | Bulgarian Imitative, Type C | |
Obverse Legend: | ||
Obverse Type: | Beardless, nimbate bust of Christ, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Pellets in each limb of nimbus cross. | |
Reverse Legend: | No inscription | |
Reverse Type: | Full-length figure of emperor on l. and of St. Constantine, holding between them gl. cr; both hold labarum-headed scepter. | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Diameter: | 27 | |
Chronology: | AD 1195 | |
Findspot Description: | Odeion, N.W. Excavation Date: 5/2/1927 Notebook 92, p.1, line 39, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Type C Imitation, as Alexius III, Vari. II - unusual loros waist pattern Card #1372 | |
Reference: | Hendy, pl. 25; cf. DOC IV.1, p. 407-8; Wroth II, p. 602, type 4 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 1421 Image: digital 2010 1422 Image: digital 2010 1423 |