Corinth Coin: 1938 397
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1938 397
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform - Hybrid (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
    Coin
Year:   1938
Coin Number:   397
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform - Hybrid
Obverse Legend:   In field, [IC - XC]
Obverse Type:   Bust of Christ, facing; nimbate with pellets in links of cross; r. hand raised in benediction, and l. hand holds Gospels
Reverse Legend:    C - F / M - D
Reverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   4.94
Weight:   4.94
Diameter:   21
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Agora S.C.
Excavation Date: 5/14/1938, #2-13
Notebook 175, p. 73, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
"mule"/Hybrid: between Edwards 119 and 122 / Hendy 7-8 and 10-12
Separated from original card - one of 2 coins
    Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   Edwards, p. 142, 119 and 122; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 7-8 and pl. 10-12
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2467
Image: digital 2010 2468
Image: digital 2010 2469