| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1965 401 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1081 - AD 1092) | |
| Year: | 1965 | |
| Coin Number: | 401 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Follis | |
| Mint: | Thessalonika | |
| Authority: | Alexius I | |
| Obverse Type: | Virgin bust nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, [holds beardless nimbate head of Christ on breast]; | |
| Reverse Legend: | [ | |
| Reverse Type: | Emperor full-length wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jewelled loros of simplified type; [holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft], and in l., globus cruciger. | |
| Under Type: | Overstruck on anonymous follis, class K | |
| Axis Clock: | 11 | |
| Weight Description: | 4.46 | |
| Weight: | 4.46 | |
| Diameter: | 28 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1081 - AD 1092 | |
| Findspot Description: | Agora SW-H; Turkish house, room E, SW; 1/4, soft bothros type fill below stratum 2; coin upon pithos lip Excavation date: 5/15/1965 Notebook: 294 p. 38; coin notebook 266 p. 59 Basket: 10, . | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. | |
| Reference: | Hendy p.75, Type A, Plate 3:1 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2010 2187 Image: digital 2010 2188 Image: digital 2010 3386 |
|
References Images (3) Sign in Provide feedback |
|