Corinth Coin: 1984 247
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1984 247
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of John II, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1118 - AD 1143)
Year:   1984
Coin Number:   247
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   John II
Obverse Legend:   IC-XC
Obverse Type:   Christ full-length, standing on dais, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand
Reverse Legend:   [+]IVD-EC-POT[H]
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter on long shaft, in l., globus crucigus
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.02
Weight:   2.02
Diameter:   18x16
Chronology:   AD 1118 - AD 1143
Findspot Description:   Theater, East of; 94:AV; Soft brown soil, west of in situ block
Excavation Date: 5/31/1984
Notebook: 771 p. 41
Basket: 20, .
Elevation:   70.036
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 84-42-35A,36A
Clipped
Type A
Code 813
Reference:   DOC IV p. 271, 16; Hendy p. 106, plates 11.13-14
Published:   Hesperia 1985, p. 94, 134
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 54:1, 1985
Image: digital 2010 0576
Image: digital 2010 0577
Image: digital 2010 0578