Corinth Coin: 1933 2055
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1933 2055
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1933
Coin Number:   2055
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   IC-XC
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels (open) in l. hand; Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross
Reverse Legend:   +LL-C-[.]
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Symbol:   Rev.: illegible symbol to upper r. of emperor, see DOC IV p. 235 for more detail.
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   4.28
Weight:   4.28
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Lechaion Road
Excavation Date: 11/8/1933, #2
Notebook: Askew p. 306, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 04-29-13,14
Original card 56 missing (1/2005)
Another example: T1928-449 (4.43)
Reference:   DOC IV p. 235, 38.3-4; Hendy p. 88, First coinage, Plates 8.7-8
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2246
Image: digital 2010 2247
Image: digital 2010 2248