Corinth Coin: 1936 1691
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1936 1691
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, (1143-1180) - Type A, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1936
Coin Number:   1691
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain Greek
Authority:   Manuel I, (1143-1180) - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, D, K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (peudent P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   1.35
Weight:   1.35
Diameter:   16
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Findspot Description:   Agora SC
Excavation Date: 3/13/1936, #18-77
Notebook 159, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Separated from card #867 - one of 3 coins
Card #867
Reference:   DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0629
Image: digital 2010 0630
Image: digital 2010 0631