Corinth Coin: 1962 160
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1962 160
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1962
Coin Number:   160
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I
Comments:   (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:   [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:   3
Weight Description:   3.61
Weight:   3.61
Diameter:   23
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Oakley So., Area I - Dow Trench 14. Section saved for barrow path
Excavation Date: 6/15/1962, #5
Basket 3
Notebook 244, p. 71
Notebook 245, p. 140, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
"mule"/Hybrid: between Edwards 119 and 122 / Hendy 7-8 and 10-12
Reference:   Edwards, p. 142, 119 and 122; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 7-8 and pl. 10-12; cf. Wroth. (West. And Prov. Byz. Coins), pl. XLI, 15-17
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2476
Image: digital 2010 2477
Image: digital 2010 2478