Corinth Coin: 1929 1436
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1929 1436
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Uncertain Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   1436
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   A-A/K/F
Obverse Type:   Cross with letters at ends
Reverse Legend:    []LLE[]
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust facing, holding jewelled scepter in r. hand, globus cruciger in l.
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   2.12
Weight:   2.12
Diameter:   15
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   North Temple Slope
Excavation Date: 12/10/1929
Notebook: 105, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 87-30-22,23; 96-3-12A (better)
Mint: Constantinople?
BMC: same obverse as numbers 56-65; Pl. LXVI, 1-3
Sabatier ascribes to Alexius III on Plate LVIII, 10; Sabatier II p. 230, 3: inscription KYRIE FYLASSE ALEJIV AGGELV
Reference:   BMC p. 552, note 1; Sabatier II, p. 230, 3 (Alexius III); Grierson 1058
Published:   Corinth VI, p. 142, no. 124
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Edwards, Corinth 6, 1933
Image: digital 2010 2234
Image: digital 2010 2235
Image: digital 2010 2236