Corinth Coin: 1929 1416
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1929 1416
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   1416
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
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:   +L-[]
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   0.88
Weight:   0.88
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   North Temple Slope; West Section; Scattered Finds
Excavation Date: 12/13/1929
Notebook: R. Carpenter, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 95-37-29,30
New Variant
Group (02) A
Another 2009-72
Reference:   BMC p. 551
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2378
Image: digital 2010 2379
Image: digital 2010 2380