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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1981 40 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 – Type B, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180) | |
| Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half-Tetarteron of Manuel I, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180) | ||
| Year: | 1981 | |
| Coin Number: | 40 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Half Tetarteron | |
| Half-Tetarteron | ||
| Mint: | Uncertain Greek | |
| Authority: | Manuel I, 1143-1180 – Type B | |
| Manuel I | ||
| Obverse Legend: | ||
| ƒEOPƒIOS | ||
| Obverse Type: | Bust of St. George, beardless and nimabte, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, and in l. shield | |
| St George bust nimb w spear & shield | ||
| Reverse Legend: | ||
| MANVHL | ||
| Reverse Type: | Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., globus cruciger | |
| Emp bust facg w lab-sc & gl-cr | ||
| Axis Clock: | 6 | |
| 06 | ||
| Weight Description: | 1.88 | |
| Weight: | 1.88 | |
| Diameter: | 17.5 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1143 - AD 1180 | |
| Context: | NB736 B19 P44 | |
| Findspot Description: | East of Theater, BE-93 Excavation Date: 4/29/1981 Notebook 736, p. 44, Basket 19, . | |
| Theater E, NB736 B19 P44, . | ||
| Area: | East of Theater | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Fine condition Obverse legend disposed s.w. differently than in Hendy. For the half-tetarteron of this type the emperor's name is above - always given in straight Greek: | |
| 79,77=Hendy pl.18.4,p121 Hesp 19 | ||
| Reference: | DOC IV.1, p. 337, 23; Hendy, p. 121-122, pl. 18, 3-4; BMC, p. 579, type 6 | |
| BMC 2p579,77=Hendy pl.18.4,p121 | ||
| Published: | Hesperia 1982, p. 159, 121 | |
| Hesperia 1982, p. 159 #121 | ||
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 51:2, 1982 Image: digital 2010 0696 Image: digital 2010 0697 Image: digital 2010 0698 |
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