Corinth Coin: 1929 2292
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1929 2292
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris, 1208-1222, Nicaea Mint (AD 1208 - AD 1222)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   2292
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Mint:   Nicaea
Authority:   Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris, 1208-1222
Obverse Legend:   IC – [XC] in field
Obverse Type:   Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Asterisk above cushion of throne, to either side.
Reverse Legend:    [UEODVROC DECPOTHC KOMNHNOC O LACKARHC] in two columnar groups
Reverse Type:   Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., anexikakia.
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   1.26
Weight:   1.26
Diameter:   22
Chronology:   AD 1208 - AD 1222
Findspot Description:   North Temple Slope, Room 5
Excavation Date: 7/11-12/1929
Notebook 105, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Skyphate
Sabatier note: for some others similar to reverse with star. Certainly Comnenus (John or Manuel)
Card #1578
Reference:   DOC IV.2, p. 461, 6; Hendy, p. 229, pl. 31, 1-5; cf. Sbatier, pl. LIV, 8 and 16
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 1335
Image: digital 2010 1336
Image: digital 2010 1337