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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1963 198 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus, 1195-1203 - Type A, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1195 - AD 1203) | |
| Byzantine Httr of AlexiusIII AnG-ComnE, Thessalonica Mint | ||
| Year: | 1963 | |
| Coin Number: | 198 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Half Tetarteron | |
| httr | ||
| Mint: | Thessalonika | |
| Thessalonica | ||
| Authority: | Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus, 1195-1203 - Type A | |
| AlexiusIII AnG-ComnE | ||
| Comments: | type I | |
| Obverse Legend: | ||
| Obverse Type: | Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear; and in l., scroll or hilt of sword | |
| Reverse Legend: | ||
| A…EZ E‡†O | ||
| Reverse Type: | Full length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. gl. cr. Manus Dei in upper r. field | |
| Emp facg w laberum & glb cs... | ||
| Axis Clock: | 6 | |
| 0 | ||
| Weight Description: | 1.865 | |
| Weight: | 1.865 | |
| Diameter: | 17 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1195 - AD 1203 | |
| Context: | NB264 B12 P54 | |
| Findspot Description: | Agora SW-H, Room 3, undisturbed fill, no. of wall 37 Excavation Date: 6/10/1963, #6 Basket 12 Notebook 264, p. 54, . | |
| Forum Southwest, NB264 B12 P54, rm 3, . | ||
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Spear sits over right shoulder and not left as per usual. | |
| Reference: | DOCIV.1, p. 418, no. 7; cf. Hendy p. 152, pl. 23, 11-12, type I | |
| Hendy 23,11-12 & p152 type I | ||
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2010 0868 Image: digital 2010 0869 Image: digital 2010 0870 |
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