Corinth Coin: 1937 78
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 78
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   78
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform
Obverse Legend:    [A - A] / K - [F]
Obverse Type:   Patriarchal cross on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:    LLC [ JI ]
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand jeweled scepter, and in l., gl. cr.
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   .79
Weight:   .79
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   NB168 P70
Findspot Description:   So. Stoa W.
Excavation Date: 10/9/1937, #7-13
Notebook 170, p. 137, NB168 P70, .
Area:   Forum northeast
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 240, 45a.1 ff.; Hendy, p.89, pl. 8, 13-15; Edwards, p. 142, 123
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2431
Image: digital 2010 2432
Image: digital 2010 2433
Basket: NB168 P70