Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1929 1928 | |
Title: | Byzantine Billon Coin of Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, 1224-1230, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1224 - AD 1230) | |
Year: | 1929 | |
Coin Number: | 1928 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | Bi | |
Mint: | Thessalonika | |
Authority: | Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, 1224-1230 | |
Obverse Legend: | ||
Obverse Type: | Bust of Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand, cross with pellets in angles in each limb of nimbus cross | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
Reverse Type: | Full-length figure of emperor on l. and St. Demetrius on r., holding between them cross within circle, surmounting triangular decoration on long shaft. Saint wears military dress, holding shield in l. hand | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 3.27 | |
Weight: | 3.27 | |
Diameter: | 28 | |
Chronology: | AD 1224 - AD 1230 | |
Findspot Description: | North Market (remote excavation track in front of W. NW. area of shops) Excavation Date: 12/23/1929 Notebook 105, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. skyphate Sabatier p. 298, 11 assigns to Theodore III of Nicaea Card #1928 | |
Reference: | DOC IV.2, p. 553, 4; Hendy, p. 269, pl. 37, 7-9; BMC, p. 194, 3, pl. 27, 3 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Images (4) |