Corinth Coin: T 1925 669
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1925 669
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1925
Coin Number:   669
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain Greek
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, D, K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (peudent P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   5
Weight Description:   1.64
Weight:   1.64
Diameter:   16
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Findspot Description:   Theater, Surface
Excavation Date: 6/15/1925, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Seer. Marks: Pellet inside L
Reference:   DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2; Grierson, p. 375, #1105
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 146, 684
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
Image: digital 2010 0663
Image: digital 2010 0664
Image: digital 2010 0665