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 |