Corinth Coin: 1932 468
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1932 468
Title:   Byzantine Billon Coin of Michael VIII, 1258-1282, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1258 - AD 1282)
Year:   1932
Coin Number:   468
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Michael VIII, 1258-1282
Obverse Legend:    D / M[ ] / RI / O
Obverse Type:   Bust of St. Demetrius, facing, nimbate
Reverse Type:   Emperor standing, facing, and St. Michael winged; they hold a cross between them.
Under Type:   double struck
Weight Description:   2.20
Weight:   2.20
Diameter:   27
Chronology:   AD 1258 - AD 1282
Findspot Description:   Temple E (Museum Plateia)
Excavation Date: 4/4/1932, #13
Notebook 127, p. 5, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
flattened, was skyphate
Card #983
Reference:   Num. Chron. (1923), p. 36
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (4)