Corinth Coin: T 1925 211
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1925 211
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Follis of Anonymous Series B, Uncertain Mint (AD 1085 - AD 1092)
Year:   1925
Coin Number:   211
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Uncertain
Authority:   Anonymous Series B
Comments:   Imitative (cut-down?)
Obverse Legend:   No legend; [IC]-X[C].
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, facing, cr.-nimbus w. 5 pellets in each arm; [r.hand raised in blessing within sling; l.hand holds book.]
Reverse Legend:   [IS-XS] / [b]AS-ILE / [b]AS-ILE, within corners of cross.
Reverse Type:   Cross on base and two steps, upper arms end in pellets.
Under Type:   possibly overstruck?
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.55
Weight:   3.55
Diameter:   25
Chronology:   AD 1085 - AD 1092
Findspot Description:   Theater
Excavation Date: 04/27/1925, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: 11th c. imitation, ca.1090.
Possibly cut-down?
Reference:   DOC III, p.680.
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 140, 660.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
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