Corinth Coin: T 1925 607
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1925 607
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), Constantinople Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1925
Coin Number:   607
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118)
Obverse Legend:   In field, IC - X[C]
Obverse Type:   Full-length figure of Christ, [bearded] and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; [holds Gospels in l. hand]
Reverse Legend:   [+LLE JIVDEC] or variant
Reverse Type:   Full-length figure of emperor [wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of simplified type]; holds labarum in r. hand, [and in l., globus cruciger]
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   4.705
Weight:   4.705
Diameter:   24
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Athena Trench, Old S. Side, 5.20 m
Excavation Date: 6/3/1925
Notebook 549, p. 87, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 239, 43; Hendy, pl. 8, 16; Grierson, p. 374, 1059
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 145, 681
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987