Corinth Coin: 1963 666
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1963 666
Title:   Byzantine Billon Imitative Trachy, Verroe Mint (AD 1195)
    Coin of Anonymous AE class I, Constantinople Mint
Year:   1963
Coin Number:   666
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Denomination:   Trachy
Mint:   Verroe
    Constantinople
Authority:   Anonymous AE class I
Comments:   Bulgarian Imitative, Type A
    63-337b
Obverse Legend:   IC - XC
Obverse Type:   Christ facing, on throne with no back; holds Gospels; above cushion is an Asterisk on either side
Reverse Legend:   [M]AN[ ]L U[Y]…
Reverse Type:   Emperor figure on l. crowned by Virgin, nimbate; Emperor carries labarum sc. and [gl. cr.]
    Cs rad tendrils globls
Axis Clock:   0
Weight Description:   2.82
Weight:   2.82
Diameter:   20
Chronology:   AD 1195
Context:   NB256 B2 P111
    NB262 B1 P36
Findspot Description:   Kokkinourysi, Cistern, Trench B
Excavation Date: 4/17/1963, #1
Notebook 248, p. 164
Notebook 256, p. 111, .
    Forum Southwest, NB256 B2 P111, .
Forum Southwest, NB262 B1 P36, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
clipped, skyphate
Reference:   Hendy, pl. 24, 1-9
    NC 1955 pl 10,9
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 1406
Image: digital 2010 1407
Image: digital 2010 1408