Corinth Coin: 1929 1940
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1929 1940
Title:   Byzantine Billon Imitative Trachy, Constantinople Mint (AD 1204 - AD 1261)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   1940
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Denomination:   Trachy
Mint:   Constantinople
Comments:   Imitative
Obverse Legend:   IC - [XC]
Obverse Type:   Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand and r. hand is raised in benediction
Reverse Legend:    [M-R - UV]
Reverse Type:   Full-length figure of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion
Weight Description:   1.59
Weight:   1.59
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1204 - AD 1261
Findspot Description:   North Temple Slope
Excavation Date: 7/5/1929, #19-68
Notebook 105, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
clipped roughly in half, later for fractional use.
skyphate. Latin Imitative, Type R
Reference:   Hendy, p. 196, pl. 27, 6-7
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (5)