| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1936 477 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
| Year: | 1936 | |
| Coin Number: | 477 | |
| 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: | ||
| 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. | |
| Under Type: | Overstruck on anonymous follis Class K (border of large dots preserved) | |
| Axis Clock: | 6 | |
| Weight Description: | 2.35 | |
| Weight: | 2.35 | |
| Diameter: | 19 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
| Findspot Description: | South Basilica Excavatin Date: 4/18/1936, #29-35 Notebook: 153 p. 180, . | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Another example: 1992-135 on cut-down follis (2.71 grams) | |
| 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 2243 Image: digital 2010 2244 Image: digital 2010 2245 Notebook Page: NB 153, spread 98 (p. 180) |
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