Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1948 1 | |
Title: | Byzantine Billon Trachy of Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, 1224-1230, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1124 - AD 1230) | |
Year: | 1948 | |
Coin Number: | 1 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | Bi | |
Denomination: | Trachy | |
Mint: | Thessalonika | |
Authority: | Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, 1224-1230 | |
Obverse Legend: | IC – XC in field | |
Obverse Type: | Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
Reverse Type: | Full-length figure of emperor and Archangel Michael, nimbate and giving castle with 3 towers to emperor. Emperor holds labarum-headed scepter in r. hand. Saint holds jeweled scepter in l. hand. Manus Dei in upper center field. | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Diameter: | 30 | |
Chronology: | AD 1124 - AD 1230 | |
Findspot Description: | Julian Basilica, cleaning Excavation Date: 5/12/1948, #1-26 Notebook 201, p. 3, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Skyphate | |
Reference: | DOC IV.2, p. 557, 7; Hendy, p. 270, pl. 38, 3-4 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 1355 Image: digital 2010 1356 Image: digital 2010 1357 |