Corinth Coin: 1937 67
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 67
Title:   Byzantine Billon Coin of Manuel Comnenus-Ducas, 1230-1237, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1230 - AD 1237)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   67
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Manuel Comnenus-Ducas, 1230-1237
Obverse Legend:   X – X / AR(in ligature) – M
Obverse Type:   Half-length figure of archangel Michael nimbate, wearing short military tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds in r. hand sword, which he is in the act of unsheathing; sheath held horizontally in l. hand
Reverse Legend:   [MANON(in ligature)HLDEC (POT)I - POLIC] / UECC[A / LON /IKH] – OAL[IOCDIMITRIOC]
Reverse Type:   Emperor and St. Demetrius enthroned on the r. holding city of Thessalonica as walled town with three towers between them. Ruler holds labarum-headed scepter in r. hand. Saint holds sword in l. hand, resting over shoulder.
Axis Clock:   6
Diameter:   27
Chronology:   AD 1230 - AD 1237
Findspot Description:   So. Stoa W.
Excavation Date: 9/23/1937, #16-19
Notebook 170, p. 60, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Type G
Skyphate
Reference:   DOC IV.2, p. 576, 9; Hendy, p. 277, pl. 39, 10-11, Type G; Edwards, p.148, 162
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 1364
Image: digital 2010 1365
Image: digital 2010 1366