Corinth Coin: 1938 390
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1938 390
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1938
Coin Number:   390
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:   3
Weight Description:   1.29
Weight:   1.29
Diameter:   14
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Findspot Description:   Agora S.C.
Excavation Date: 4/27/1938, #15-35
Notebook 176, p. 173, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Type A - odd half tetarteron (cut down)
Separated from original card - one of 2 coins
Reference:   DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0684
Image: digital 2010 0685
Image: digital 2010 0686