Corinth Coin: 1937 3
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 3
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   3
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, D, K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (centered 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:   6
Weight Description:   3.16
Weight:   3.16
Diameter:   20
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Findspot Description:   St. John's Hoard, #63
Excavation Date: 2/9/1937
Notebook 169, p. 282, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Card #48
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 333, 20; Hendy, p.121, pl. 17, 17-18
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0603
Image: digital 2010 0604
Image: digital 2010 0605